Elderly priest with dementia wanted to visit elderly parishioners despite Covid-19, court hears

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An elderly retired priest with dementia is to remain subject to High Court orders aimed at keeping him, and others in his community, safe in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The orders were sought last month because the priest, arising from his dementia, continued, despite the Covid-19 lockdown, to seek to visit elderly parishioners and was not adhering to social distancing rules when moving about in the community.