Eucharistic Minister 'living a lie' as child abuser

A man who served as a Minister of the Eucharist has had his appeal against his sentence dismissed at the Court of Appeal. The applicant, whose identity is protected to safeguard the victim, was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years imprisonment at Sligo Circuit Criminal Court in November 2020 after pleading guilty to 23 counts of sexual assault against a young girl spanning from 1999 to 2011. Mr Justice Patrick…