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Altar wine stolen from priest
11.11.10
by Caoimhinn Barr, Inishowen Independent
THIEVES targeted the car of a local priest before
making off with a quantity of altar wine and a
satellite navigation system.
Newtown parish priest Fr Seamus Gallagher was at a
meeting in the youth club last Thursday evening when
the raiders struck between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. The
local cleric’s car was not locked at the time.
Fr Gallagher, who has proved popular with Newtown
parishioners since taking over as Parish Priest from
Fr Kevin O’Doherty last year, said he was
disappointed by what happened.
“I think it was just a couple of opportunists who
saw their chance. It was my own fault I suppose
because I forgot to lock the car. It was a
disappointing thing to happen. They got away with my
sat-nav system and some altar wine as I had my Mass
kit in the car with me,” he said. |
The Newtown parish
priest said he didn’t want to see the reputation of
the area’s young people tarnished by a tiny
minority.
“I have had an overwhelmingly positive experience
with the all the young people since I came here and
I wouldn’t like the actions of a small minority to
undermine all the good work done in the Newtown
area.”
“The vast majority of the young people in the parish
are decent good people and it would be a pity for a
few thieves to give everyone else a bad name. There
is a lot of good work which goes on here that isn’t
reported. We have had very little problem with
anti-social behaviour here,” he added. |
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Newtown parish priest Fr Seamus
Gallagher whose car was targeted by thieves. |
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A Garda spokesman said
he was appealing for witnesses to come forward. He
said it was impossible to tell if the thieves were
local or if they happened to be driving by. He urged
members of the public to make sure that their
vehicles are properly locked at all times. Anyone
with information about the theft is asked to contact
Newtown Garda Station on 07491 67100 or 07491 56113. |
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