OAP convicted of sexually assaulting fellow pensioner in chapel
Man aged 80 who takes collections at Massvis convicted of assault on 75-year-old woman while she was sitting on church pew praying
This is the pensioner convicted of sexually assaulting another pensioner in a chapel.
Peter McGlone, previously a well-known figure in the Omagh area as a booking agent for bands, was convicted last week at Omagh Magistrates Court of one count of sexual assault.
The 80-year-old had pleaded not guilty to the charge but he was convicted and given a conditional discharge.
Following his court appearance the family of his victim, a 75-year-old local woman, say she'll never return to St Mary's Killyclogher church where the incident took place.
She was left badly shaken by the experience when McGlone put his hands on her buttocks and kissed her as she was leaving her local chapel.
The victim says she can't go back to St Mary's church in Killyclogher where she was assaulted
McGlone had been a respected figure in the Cappagh Parish, taking collections during Mass at the chapel and collecting money at church events.
McGlone, from Glennan Grove in the County Tyrone town, also lives in the same area as his victim, who has encountered him on several occasions since the chapel incident.
The assault took place in June 2023 when the victim had gone into the parish church to pray.
The elderly man and several other people were in the chapel and were leaving when she arrived.
Sunday World reporter Roisin Gorman confronts McGlone at his home this week
The woman sat in a church pew and noticed the kneeling cushion was up. As she moved to put it down, McGlone appeared from behind her and put his arm around her to put the kneeler down.
'He said to her 'I'll get that for you', and she sat for a few moments and prayed,' says a source close to the victim.
'As she got up to leave the chapel he appeared from nowhere and put his arms around her, his hand on her backside and kissed her.
'She didn't report it for a couple of days. She was in shock.
'She went to see McGlone and he told her he shouldn't have done that.
'After the court case last week she just wants it out there that this happened in a place where she should have felt safe.'
The victim is still shaken by the incident, says the source.
'She doesn't want to go down to the shop because she's met him there since this happened,' he says.
'She's saying, 'are people looking at me and thinking I did something to encourage him?' She's told me 'you get to my age and never think something like this is going to happen to you'.
'I've told her to hold her head up high because she did nothing wrong, but even now she's still not in a great way.'
The biggest impact is that she feels uncomfortable returning to her local chapel. McGlone has been told he can attend services but can no longer take part in any volunteer activity.
Peter McGlone in his younger days
'It's bad enough for this to happen anywhere but on your own doorstep in your own church,' our source said.
'She's told me she'll not be back in that chapel, but she still has to go past it every day.
'We were brought up with good faith and it's very important to her.
'It's like everything in life, when you take something for granted and it's taken away from you, it's difficult.'
Peter McGlone was a familiar face in Omagh for years, booking entertainment for Knock-Na-Moe Castle Hotel, an entertainment mecca in the Tyrone town which drew huge crowds to weekly discos and hosted musicians including Phil Lynott and Rory Gallagher in the 1980s.
In court last week the pensioner pleaded not guilty to intentionally touching his victim, knowing that the touching was sexual, and that she did not consent.
He was found guilty and given a conditional discharge for two years, which means he will be sentenced for the sexual assault if he commits another offence within that time period.
When Sunday World approached him this week McGlone said he did not wish to say anything to his victim.
Peter McGlone this week
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