Five men who said they were abused as schoolboys by paedophile priest Fr Malachy Finegan are to share more than £1.2 million (€1.4 million) in compensation.

They will also receive written apologies from Archbishop Eamon Martin, the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, on behalf of the Diocese of Dromore.

The five men, who cannot be identified, were pupils at St Colman’s College in Newry, Co Down, between

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