IRELAND
BBC News
The long-running saga over the Roman Catholic priest, Fr Kevin Reynolds, who was defamed by the RTE Prime Time television programme, took another turn on Tuesday.
The programme, Mission to Prey, falsely accused the priest of raping a minor and fathering her child while he was a missionary in Africa.
Fr Reynolds received an apology and accepted substantial undisclosed damages from the Irish state broadcaster.
Tuesday’s Irish Times newspaper said that a report by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) will find that the Prime Time Investigates programme was unfair, and breached the privacy of Fr Kevin Reynolds.
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