Ex-priest’s sex abuse jail term increased

A former priest who is serving a 16-year sentence for the rape and abuse of schoolboys has had 15 months added to this sentence for abusing two other boys in the ’70s and ’80s.

Tony Walsh — known as the ‘Singing Priest’ — is due to have the entirety of his sentence reviewed by the Court of Criminal Appeal next month.

Walsh, aged 59, formerly of North Circular Rd, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of indecent assault on Jan 1 and Apr 4, 1979.