Inquest Finds Priest and 4 Catholic Civilians Shot by British Troops ‘Unlawfully Killed’

Jesuit Bishop Alan McGuckian stands after Mass on May 3, 2026, at Corpus Christi chapel with relatives of the Springhill/Westrock shooting victims.

Father Noel Fitzpatrick was shot and killed along with four others including three youth in Belfast on July 9, 1972.

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