Pomeroy priest on sabbatical leave maintains his innocence

NORTHERN IRELAND
Tyrone Times

Published on Sunday 6 May 2012

A POMEROY priest, who “inadvertently” showed indecent images during a presentation at a primary school, is to take sabbatical leave from his parish.

In a statement which was published in the weekend church bulletin, Fr Martin

McVeigh said he had asked Cardinal Sean Brady to allow him to leave the parish of Pomeroy and to take sabbatical leave.

He said the last month had been “the most difficult of my life”.

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