FEDERAL JUDGE GRANTS EXTRADITION ORDER FOR PRIEST ACCUSED OF GALWAY RAPE
Date Published: 20-Apr-2010
A Catholic priest is to be extradited to Ireland from the United States to face charges of raping a 15 year old boy in Galway 40 years ago.
82 year old Fr. Francis Markey originally from Carrickmacross in Co. Monaghan was arrested last November at his home in South Bend Indiana on an extradition warrant.
Fr. Markey is accused of raping the alleged victim after the funeral of his father in Galway in 1968.
He's also accused of raping the boy on another occassion during a pilgrimage to Lough Derg.
Lawyers for Markey argued that the U.S Government failed to show probable cause for the extradition warrant.
Media is the U.S is reporting that a federal judge has ruled this week that Markey must be extradited.
It's understood the priest plans to appeal this latest Judge's ruling to the U.S Court of Appeals in Chicago.