Paedophile clergyman freed early from jail

A retired Roman Catholic clergyman at the centre of one of Ireland’s most notorious church-linked child sex abuse affairs was controversially released from prison today.

James Kelly, also known as Brother Ambrose, of the Brothers of Charity order of the church, was freed from the Curragh prison, in Co Kildare, in line with an order issued by Cork Circuit Criminal Court earlier this month.