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6.1 News: Michael Fisher reports that Fr Gerard McQuillan was jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing five children
A priest in Northern Ireland has been jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing five children, including a brother and sister.
Fr Gerard McQuillan, of Our Lady of Bethlehem Abbey in Portglenone, Co Antrim, admitted a total of 40 charges.
Newry Crown Court heard that the abuse took place between 1986 and 1993 while he worked as a chaplain at a Co Armagh school.
A judge said McQuillan deliberately seduced and breached the trust of his victims.
