Limerick priest 'was murdered during drink-fuelled party in US motel room'

James Reyos, who was convicted of murdering Fr Patrick Ryan in 1981, and Innocence Project lawyer Allison Clayton. A court will review the application for his release. File picture: Deborah S Esquenazi/Myth of Monsters  

The murder of a Limerick priest killed in an unsolved case in the US is thought to have taken place during a drink-fuelled party in his motel room.

Fr Patrick Ryan, 49, from Doon, was found naked, bound and beaten to death in his motel room in Odessa in Texas in December 1981. He had booked into the motel under the pseudonym John Killey.