Drug addict dies in priest's car

A teenage drug addict has been found dead of a suspected overdose in a car belonging to Father Peter McVerry, the Jesuit priest…

A teenage drug addict has been found dead of a suspected overdose in a car belonging to Father Peter McVerry, the Jesuit priest who works with homeless young people.

The youth was one of three who had spent a night last week in Father McVerry's car, near his home in Ballymun, Dublin. Father McVerry said yesterday he did not wish to comment.

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