NORTHERN IRELAND
UTV
Story by John Cassidy, Belfast
Father Daniel Curran of Bryansford Avenue, Newcastle, Co Down, appeared in the dock of Downpatrick Crown Court flanked by a female prison officer on Thursday.
Defence counsel Jim Gallagher QC asked Judge Piers Grant that the 64-year-old be re-arraigned 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 boy 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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