Convicted abuser Payne to quit Church
The paedophile priest fears for his safety after being hounded from his church-funded apartment in central Dublin by protesting residents this week, a fortnight after his release from the Curragh Prison.
It emerged yesterday he is in the process of laicisation, which means he will no longer be a priest, will cease to be the responsibility of the church and will have no obligation to submit to monitoring by the hierarchy.
