Defamed priest ‘not out for blood’ over RTE programme

IRELAND
Herald

By Alan O’Keeffe

Tuesday April 10 2012

DEFAMED priest Fr Kevin Reynolds said today that he is “not out for anybody’s blood”. The cleric declared he was not seeking “blood” or revenge in the aftermath of official investigations into the behaviour of the Prime Time Investigates news team.

The former missionary said forgiveness was at the core of his Christian message and he would be a hypocrite if he was seeking vengeance.

He was wrongfully accused of raping a minor and fathering a child in Africa in RTE’s Mission To Prey programme.

When asked today to respond to the leaking of briefing documents about the investigation by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Fr Reynolds told the Herald he would leave all such analysis to his solicitor.

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