A man has been found dead in County Down, Northern Ireland, in the Diocese of Down and Connor. The incident is believed to be linked to a brutal attack on a local parish priest.
Local police have begun a murder investigation, and a 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
The murder comes after Canon John Murray was hit on the head with a glass bottle and seriously injured by an assailant pretending he wished to go to confession on the morning of 10 August. The attack took place on a Sunday, with Fr Murray due to celebrate Mass for the parish that same morning. Fr Murray remains in serious condition, though he is said to be “stable.”
