Former priest and child abuser jailed on porn charge

A former priest and convicted child abuser has been jailed for three years for possession of large amounts of child pornography.

Oliver O’Grady, 66, had thousands of explicit images of children stored on computers and USB drives, some depicting victims as young as two. Gardaí also found over six hours of child pornography videos and over 500 pages of online discussions on the subject of child pornography.

O’Grady, formerly of Charlemont House in Dublin 2, was sentenced to 14 years in California for abusing children while serving as a priest. He was deported back to Ireland in 2001 after serving seven years of his sentence.