Fr Kevin Reynolds’ offer to take a paternity test was not communicated to the RTÉ legal team prior to the broadcast that falsely claimed he had fathered a child while working as a missionary in Kenya.

IN her column, Colette Browne (Opinion, Nov 30) writes that “perhaps members of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) who have been screaming bias at every available opportunity since the sorry episode first came to light, would like the entire board of RTÉ to commit hari-kari as a token of their sorrow”.

RTÉ has denied claims by the family of another missionary featured in the Prime Time Investigates documentary Mission to Prey that the allegations it makes against their relative are incorrect, unsubstantiated, and prejudiced.

TWO of the most senior bosses in RTÉ news and current affairs are to step aside while a public inquiry investigates how the state broadcaster incorrectly accused a County Galway priest of raping an African woman and fathering a child with her.