A parish priest who was seriously injured after being attacked in a church last week is making “slow and steady progress” in his recovery, parishioners in Downpatrick were told on Sunday. Father John ...

It was reported to police on Sunday that a man had walked into the church on St. Patrick’s Avenue and hit the priest in the head with a bottle before leaving. The parish priest of St. Patrick in ...

A community in Co Down has been "shaken and upset deeply" by an attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, a senior cleric has said. Bishop of Down and Connor Alan McGuckian was ...

A priest is being treated in hospital for a "serious head injury" after being hit with a bottle in a church in Downpatrick. Fr John Murray was attacked in St Patrick's Church prior to celebrating Mass ...

A priest who was seriously assaulted at the weekend is now “comfortable and stable” in hospital. Fr John Murray is “progressing” in his recovery, a colleague said. It came as hundreds of shocked ...

A community in Co Down has been "shaken and upset deeply" by the attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, Bishop Alan McGuckian has said. Father John Murray was struck on the head in ...

A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a man in Downpatrick was linked to a “brutal attack” on a priest after he was approached to hear confession. The victim has been named ...