‘I’d rather be shot than face court,’ priest told his lawyer

IRELAND
Irish Independent

By Mark Hilliard

Friday May 18 2012

FATHER Kevin Reynolds told his barrister he would “rather be shot” than endure the serious allegations made against him by ‘Prime Time Investigates’.

The Galway priest also told senior counsel Jack Fitzgerald of his fear of what would be said about him during a court hearing of the civil proceedings.

Brief details of his consultation with Mr Fitzgerald featured in a discussion between the barrister and the High Court’s taxing master, Declan O’Neill.

Mr O’Neill was the court official who reviewed the level of legal fees payable to Fr Reynolds’s solicitor Robert Dore and his legal team.

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