Paternity test offer not communicated

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.

An investigation by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland said there “may have been a different outcome” if the legal team were made aware of the offer.

The report said it was surprised that, for such a “high risk” programme, the in-house legal affairs department became involved “very late in the process” just two weeks before it was broadcast.