Cork Student News
03 September 2010
Fr Eugene Lewis (76) was based at the College of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, also known as the White Fathers, in Blacklion, Co Cavan, when he abused the young girls in Co Fermanagh between 1963 and 1973.
The priest denied 11 charges of indecent assault but a jury at Omagh Crown Court unanimously found him guilty of the sexual assaults. He was sentenced to four years in prison.
The Society of the Missionaries of Africa, to whom the priest belonged, last night said in a statement that it was “a matter of deep regret that a member of the society has been found guilty of a number of very serious offences by a court in Northern Ireland.
“It is understood that the priest is lodging an appeal against his conviction. Pending a resolution of that matter, it would be inappropriate for the society to comment further.”