Church frustrated attempts to locate paedophile priest, garda tells court

Gardaí attempting to investigate the abuse of an alter boy by a priest were “given the run around by Church authorities” in their efforts to locate the accused man for questioning.

Detective Sergeant Joseph McLoughlin told Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that gardaí located the accused on a tip off more than 10 years after first being made aware of the allegations.