Tyrone Times
March 24, 2010
http://www.tyronetimes.co.uk/2617/Father-Joe-Quinn-breaks-his.6171393.jp
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| Fr Joe Quinn |
COALISLAND priest Father Joe Quinn has broken his silence to reveal his seven year fight to clear his name.
Father Quinn was suspended from his religious duties in 2003 after accusations that he sexually abused two schoolgirls, who at the time of the alleged offences were over 16.
After one case was brought to Court, Rev Fr Quinn, former curate in Dungannon Parish, was cleared of any wrong-doing.
A canonical enquiry has yet to take place to decide if Fr Quinn is fit to resume his priestly duties.
Last weekend, a Sunday tabloid newspaper heaped further pressure on the embattled priest after it was claimed that Father Quinn had been investigated by police for allegedly fathering the child of a 16-year-old in the 1990s.
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