Priest steps down as abuse claim investigated

A PRIEST has stepped down from duties in a parish in the mid-west amid allegations of child abuse.

Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, asked the priest to step aside from regular parish duties while an allegation relating to an incident around 20 years ago is investigated.

“A previous allegation was made in Britain some eight years ago in relation to the same priest,” a statement from the Diocese of Killaloe said.