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| Priest in armed robbery ordeal | Priest in armed robbery ordeal |
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| A priest has been robbed in his home in Portadown by two men armed with knives. | A priest has been robbed in his home in Portadown by two men armed with knives. |
| The robbers entered the parochial house on Moy Road at 1720 GMT on Monday. They threatened the priest and told him to get money from his office. | |
| They made off with a substantial sum of cash after locking him in an upstairs room. He managed to free himself a short time later and raise the alarm. | They made off with a substantial sum of cash after locking him in an upstairs room. He managed to free himself a short time later and raise the alarm. |
| Fellow priest Fr Brian White said it was the third time in two and a half years that the house had been robbed. | |
| "This is the first time that Fr O'Dwyer was in the house when it happened," he said. | |
| "There were a few different collections, people had given to needy causes that he had kept locked away. | |
| "It was just unfortunate that they were there in the house at the time." | |
| The money taken included charity donations and parish wages. The priest, who is in his 50s, was not injured. | The money taken included charity donations and parish wages. The priest, who is in his 50s, was not injured. |
| The robbers are believed to be in their late teens and spoke with local accents. | The robbers are believed to be in their late teens and spoke with local accents. |
| The parochial house belongs to St John's Church on the County Armagh town's Garvaghy Road. | The parochial house belongs to St John's Church on the County Armagh town's Garvaghy Road. |