Texas court hears evidence supporting man 'wrongfully convicted' of murder of Limerick priest

James Reyos, who was convicted of the murder of Limerick priest Fr Patrick Ryan in Texas in 1981. Photo: Facebook/The Innocence Project

A Texas court has heard evidence in support of a man who was “wrongfully convicted” of the murder of a Co Limerick priest in the Lone Star State, 40 years ago.

In 1983, James Reyos was convicted of murdering Fr Patrick Ryan, 49, a native of Doon, Co Limerick, even though Mr Reyos had an airtight alibi and swore he was innocent after recanting a drunken admission he had made a year after the murder.