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Vatican wanted paedophile priest to serve monastery sentence

The Vatican wanted a dangerous Irish paedophile priest to serve 10 years in a monastery rather than force him out of the Catholic Church, an inquiry revealed today.

Vatican wanted paedophile priest to serve monastery sentence

Fri, 17 Dec, 2010 - 12:23

The Vatican wanted a dangerous Irish paedophile priest to serve 10 years in a monastery rather than force him out of the Catholic Church, an inquiry revealed today.

Irish clerics wanted to dismiss Tony Walsh – jailed for 16 years last week on 17 counts of child abuse – but Rome urged that he be allowed to remain in the clergy.

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