Gay Porn Pic Priest Gets a New Job Nod

By Elaine Keogh
The Irish Sun
May 19, 2013

http://www.thesun.ie/irishsol/homepage/news/4933447/Gay-porn-pic-priest-gets-a-new-job-nod.html

Snaps blunder ... Fr McVeigh

A PRIEST who flashed gay porn images at a First Communion meeting has a new job.

Fr Martin McVeigh took a sabbatical after exposing his shocked flock to the graphic pictures a year ago. The cleric insisted the snaps — which popped up in a Powerpoint presentation to primary school parents in Pomeroy, Co Tyrone — were not his.

And now he has been appointed parish priest in Clogherhead, Co Louth, in a move that has angered some people.

One parishioner said: “He wants us to give him a chance and he seems to be sincere but we are still very angry at the way this happened.”

The congregation was told by Cardinal Sean Brady that Fr McVeigh was going to be their new parish priest this month.

And one local confirmed that a number of parishioners had expressed concerns about the appointment. Church spokesman Martin Long declined to say whether the appointment to Clogherhead would continue if the parishioners were unhappy.

At the time of the porn episode Fr McVeigh said he had failed to check the computer in advance of his presentation.

He added: “In my shock and to ensure that the images would never be shown again, I destroyed the memory stick that evening.”