Downpatrick: Priest left with 'serious head injury' after attack
Det Ch Insp McBurney said: "This was a completely shocking and brutal attack and has left the priest with a serious head injury."The victim was taken to hospital for treatment of head injury, where he remains in a serious condition."
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