Cork priest at centre of 'gender bender' controversy no longer school chaplain

Many parents walked out of the school mass last week and subsequently complained to the school principal who issued an apology

Fr Michael O'Leary will no longer provide chaplaincy services to Gaelscoil Uí Riada, which is the only school in the parish. Picture Denis Minihane

A Cork priest has stepped back from his role as school chaplain after a guest speaker he invited to a school mass made a series of controversial remarks.

A spokesperson for the Diocese of Cork and Ross confirmed that Fr Michael O’Leary, parish priest of Wilton, took the decision to no longer provide chaplaincy services to Gaelscoil Uí Riada, which is the only school in the parish.