Chalice and accordion stolen from murdered Doon priest, as police reveal new suspects

Fr Patrick Ryan's grave at St Fintan's Graveyard, Doon, Co Limerick. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

Police who have reopened the investigation into the 1981 murder of a Limerick priest have revealed that a chalice and an accordion were stolen during the incident at a motel room in Texas.

Fr Patrick Ryan, 49, from Doon, Co Limerick, was found naked, bound, and beaten to death in his motel room in Odessa in December 1981. An Apache Native American, James Reyos, was convicted in 1983 after he falsely admitted to the murder, before recanting.