Former 'singing' priest Tony Walsh jailed for indecent assaults on boy

Tony Walsh was convicted by a jury following a trial in May of six counts of indecent assault at a church in Dublin on unknown dates between September 1, 1973, and July 1, 1977. He had pleaded not guilty to all offences. File picture: Collins Courts

Former “singing” priest Tony Walsh has been jailed for two years for repeatedly indecently assaulting a child 45 years ago.

Walsh, aged 67, was a trainee priest when he sexually abused the child victim on six occasions inside a church in the 1970s.