NORTHERN IRELAND
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A notorious paedophile Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to more offences of chid sexual abuse.
Fr Daniel Curran, 64, Bryansford Avenue, Newcastle, Co Down, appeared at Downpatrick Crown Court.
Defence counsel Jim Gallagher QC asked Judge Piers Grant that Curran be rearraigned on two charges he faced dating back almost 25 years.
Curran, dressed in a long green overcoat and wearing glasses, pleaded guilty to one count of gross indecency towards a male child and also admitted a single charge of indecent assault on the same victim who is now aged 31.
The offences took place between August 1990 and August 1993 at a cottage owned by his family in the seaside village of Tyrella, Co Down when the victim was aged between seven and 10.
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