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Fr Edward Gallagher: Priest charged with seven further offences
Fr Edward Gallagher: Priest charged with seven further offences

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time2 days ago

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Fr Edward Gallagher: Priest charged with seven further offences

A priest who is currently in custody on a charge of attempted sexual communication with a child has been charged with a further seven Edward Gallagher, 56, of Orchard Park in Lifford, County Donegal, had been released into police custody for further questioning on appeared at Londonderry Magistrates' Court on Friday on charges including possessing of an indecent image of a child and possessing extreme pornographic has also been charged with making an indecent image of a child, distributing indecent images of a child, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, causing a child to watch a sexual activity and sexual communication with a child. The court was told the offences are alleged to have taken place on 17 Gallagher spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth, and there was no application for was remanded in custody to appear again on 31 Gallagher is already facing a charge of attempted sexual communication with a child on dates between 2 April and 17 April.

Fr Edward Gallagher: Priest returned to police for questioning
Fr Edward Gallagher: Priest returned to police for questioning

BBC News

time3 days ago

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Fr Edward Gallagher: Priest returned to police for questioning

A priest who is currently in custody on a charge of attempted sexual communication with a child has been released into police custody for further Edward Gallagher, 56, of Orchard Park in Lifford, County Donegal, is charged with attempted sexual communication with a child on dates between 2 April and 17 appeared at Londonderry Magistrates' Court on Thursday, where a police inspector said they wanted to to take him back into custody for three days to question him about seven possible new was no objection from the priest's defence team and District Judge Conor Heaney released him into police custody for a period of three days.

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