Priest to continue Jesuit training

Father Eamon Stack, the secretary of the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition, is leaving Portadown, Co Armagh, on Monday to complete…

Father Eamon Stack, the secretary of the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition, is leaving Portadown, Co Armagh, on Monday to complete his training as a Jesuit priest. Father Stack has been in Portadown for four years and has played a prominent role in recent controversy surrounding the Orange parade through the Garvaghy Road on the Sunday preceding July 12th each year.

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