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Thu 11 Nov 2009Priest (81) told to face being extradited on rape charges

A COURT IN South Bend, Indiana, has given Fr Francis Markey (81) until November 16th to find a lawyer and prepare for his extradition hearing.

The priest, from the Catholic diocese of Clogher, is wanted in Ireland on charges of twice raping a 15-year-old boy in 1968.