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27/05/2010
Priest Guilty Of Abusing Three Sisters
A Dublin-based priest has been convicted of sexually abusing three young sisters in Northern Ireland.
Fr Eugene Lewis was found guilty by a jury at Omagh Crown Court of 11 counts of indecently assaulting the three sisters between August 1963 and September 1973. The charges cover a period when Lewis lived at the White Fathers' College, Blacklion, Co Cavan.
During the six-week trial the 76-year-old denied all the charges and described the claims of abuse as 'absolute rubbish'. He will be sentenced next month.
The priest was former Provincial Superior of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, better known as the White Fathers, who was based at Cypress Grove House, Templeogue, Dublin.
The priest was also accused of raping one of the sisters, but since the alleged incident happened in Dublin he could not be tried for the offence in Northern Ireland.
(BMcC)
Fr Eugene Lewis was found guilty by a jury at Omagh Crown Court of 11 counts of indecently assaulting the three sisters between August 1963 and September 1973. The charges cover a period when Lewis lived at the White Fathers' College, Blacklion, Co Cavan.
During the six-week trial the 76-year-old denied all the charges and described the claims of abuse as 'absolute rubbish'. He will be sentenced next month.
The priest was former Provincial Superior of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, better known as the White Fathers, who was based at Cypress Grove House, Templeogue, Dublin.
The priest was also accused of raping one of the sisters, but since the alleged incident happened in Dublin he could not be tried for the offence in Northern Ireland.
(BMcC)
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