A grieving family have been “traumatised” after the funeral of a loved one was interrupted by a bomb scare.
Fr Gary Donegan also says an elderly priest who suffers from dementia had to be evacuated from the monastery next to the Houben Centre in North Belfast as the security alert unfolded on Friday.
The incident was sparked by the hijacking of a van and led to the cancellation of a peace building event at the centre, which sits in the grounds of Holy Cross Church.
