Priest featured on RTÉ programme 'did not father Kenyan woman', High Court told

Two paternity tests have shown that a Co Galway-based priest, featured in an RTÉ 'Prime Time Investigates' programme, is not the father of a Kenyan woman, the High Court has been told.

Priest featured on RTÉ programme 'did not father Kenyan woman', High Court told

Two paternity tests have shown that a Co Galway-based priest, featured in an RTÉ 'Prime Time Investigates' programme, is not the father of a Kenyan woman, the High Court has been told.

The court heard that Fr Kevin Reynolds, who claims RTÉ accused him of raping a teenage girl in 1982 and fathering a child by her, had been restored to the priesthood since the results of the paternity tests became known.

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