NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
September 22,2020
By Alan Erwin
A man allegedly targeted by a paedophile priest is to sue the Pope, it has emerged.
Lawyers for Co Armagh man Barry McCourt confirmed he is taking High Court action amid claims the Catholic Church covered up abuse perpetrated by the late Fr Malachy Finnegan.
The test case was described as an attempt to gain justice for other victims.
Finnegan taught and worked at St Colman’s College, Newry, from 1967 to 1987, spending the last decade as the school’s president. He later served as a parish priest in Clonduff, Co Down.
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