The Prior of Lough Derg has issued an apology following the imprisonment of former employee Tomas Gallagher who sexually assaulted five women at the pilgrimage site.

The Lough Derg pilgrimage sees participants undertake the pilgrimage programme of prayer and quiet reflection in bare feet, while also keeping Vigil and maintaining the Fast.

A worker at the Lough Derg pilgrimage site who duped unsuspecting women and teenagers into helping him at the retreat so he could sexually assault them has been jailed for a total of four years. Tomas ...

A worker at the Lough Derg pilgrimage site who duped unsuspecting women and teenagers into helping him at the retreat so he could sexually assault them has been jailed for a total of four years ...

LAST UPDATE | 4 Jun A WORKER AT the Lough Derg pilgrimage site, who lured five women into helping him at the retreat so he could sexually assault them, has been jailed for a total of four years ...

A worker at the Lough Derg pilgrimage site who duped unsuspecting women into helping him at the retreat so he could sexually assault them has been jailed for a total of four years.

Tomas Gallagher has been jailed for sexually assaulting five women at a pilgrimage site in County Donegal.

He said that, along with the then operations manager at Lough Derg, he was made aware of allegations of sexual assault in 2022.

Lough Derg is renowned among the faithful for its physically grueling but spiritually uplifting three-day pilgrimage.

A WORKER AT the Lough Derg pilgrimage site duped unsuspecting women into helping him fix machines at the retreat so he could sexually assault them.