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Defrocked cleric Eamonn Crossan was charged with almost 100 historic sexual offences against the man, who courageously faced his abuser at Court

');  '); A Donegal priest has hit out at what he called sick, vile, shocking, horrific and evil acts perpetrated against a young child following the conviction of a former priest at Letterkenny Circuit Court last Thursday. Creeslough-based curate, Fr John Joe Duffy welcomed the two year sentence imposed on 69-year-old Eamon Crossan who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in the parochial house in Kincasslagh on a date unknown between 1984 and 1985. The court heard Crossan had plied his victim, Kevin O'Brien with alcohol before carrying out the assault All the victim remem...

Former parish priest jailed for two years A former parish priest has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a teenager over thirty years ago. Eamon Crossan had plied his 13 year old victim with alcohol before carrying out the assault at the Parochial House in Kincasslagh on a date between 1984 and 1985. In a letter forwarded to members of the media, the victim, Kevin O’Brien, waived his right to anonymity in the case. Passing sentence at Letterkenny Circuit Court, Judge John Aylmer said the actions of the former priest had had “devastating co...