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Tue 08 Aug 2008Fr Troy to leave his parish in Ardoyne for new post in Paris

ONE OF the North's best-known priests is to leave his north Belfast parish in Ardoyne next month for Paris.

Fr Aidan Troy, who gained worldwide recognition in 2001 for his role in the Holy Cross primary school dispute, will be taking up a new post at an English-speaking parish in the centre of the French capital.