Live Breaking News & Updates on Tusla Child Family Agency
Stay updated with breaking news from Tusla child family agency. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Bishop Alan McGuckian (left) with the man he replaced, Bishop Philip Boyce. Yesterday in Letterkenny Circuit Court, a former priest of the Diocese of Raphoe, was sentenced to two years imprisonment for the sexual abuse of a minor in 1985. He was a priest in the diocese from 1976 and was removed from ministry immediately on reception of the complaint in 1998. The Gardai and HSE/ Tulsa were informed then. In a statement released last night, the Diocese of Raphoe, Bishop Alan McGuckian said he was deeply saddened that an innocent child had to endure this devastating abuse. Advertisement “It is all the more serious that it involved abuse by someone in a position of sacred trust and power. I apologise sincerely to the man who suffered and to his family. I fully accept that no apology can undo the harm inflicted on an innocent child. ....