NORTHERN IRELAND
UTV
Former priest James Martin Donaghy, who told a young boy he could get his dead grandfather into heaven as he sexually abused him, has been jailed for a total of two years.
Although this is the fourth time the 55-year-old has been before the courts, he won’t spend an extra day in prison because he is already serving a ten-year term for the sex abuse of three other victims.
Belfast Crown Court Judge Kinney told Donaghy that had these current offences been dealt with when originally sentenced, they would have been taken into consideration.
In the circumstances, given the “principle of totality,” his sentence will run concurrently with the previous term.
Judge Kinney said that no-one was at fault for the case not being dealt with sooner, in particular, there could be no criticism of Donaghy’s victim.
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