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 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 ...

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 30-YEAR-OLD man remains in custody after police launched a murder investigation in Downpatrick which may be linked to a violent assault on a parish priest. PSNI officers were called to St Patrick’s ...

A priest was "brutally" attacked at a church before a man was later found murdered nearby, with detectives believing the two incidents are linked. The man’s body was found in a house in Marian Park in ...

A priest has been rushed to hospital after he was 'bottled by a man who walked into church before mass'. Father John Murray was hit on the head at St Patrick's Church in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, ...

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 PSNI officer stands guard outside St. Patrick's Church, Downpatrick, Co. Down following the attack on a priest. (Image: Jonathan Porter/PressEye) Police have launched a murder probe into a man’s ...