Tony Walsh jailed for earliest case of sexual abuse

Former priest and serial abuser Tony Walsh has received a sentence of one year imprisonment for the sexual assault of a child in the early 1970s.

Walsh was a seminarian at the time of the offence, the earliest recorded case of child abuse by him. He became known as the ‘Singing Priest’ for his role in a travelling all-priest group before he was defrocked after his abuse of children emerged.

Walsh, aged 61, formerly of North Circular Rd, Dublin, was convicted in December of the indecent assault of a female at St Luke’s, Kilbarron Park, Kilmore, Dublin between April 17, 1973, and September 9, 1976.