Irish priest in US denies sex claims

THE US diocese where paedophile priest Oliver O’Grady molested a number of children has been rocked by yet another scandal as another Irish priest has been accused of the same offence.

Tipperary native Father Michael Kelly, who has been a priest at St Joachim Catholic Church in the Stockton diocese for the past three years, has been placed on administrative leave while the diocese investigates an allegation that he sexually abused a boy sometime between 1984 and 1986.

Despite the investigation being confirmed in a statement from the Bishop of the diocese Stephen Blaire, the 56-year-old priest denies sexually abusing anyone and claims he is on leave from the diocese for a recurring problem with an ulcer.