Former British Loyalist embraces Catholicism

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DUBLIN, Ireland -- A member of a banned Loyalist paramilitary organization that waged a 30-year campaign of violence against Northern Ireland's Catholics has become a Catholic.

The revelation that Ian Stewart, a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force, is Catholic came in Belfast Crown Court Feb. 26 during the trial of nine men charged with murdering a fellow Loyalist paramilitary member.

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