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International Business Times

By Athena Yenko | November 11, 2013
An ex-Sydney priest, Kevin Lee, who had been married to a Filipina was one among the feared 10,000 dead in the wake of the world’s fourth strongest typhoon in 2013, storm Yolanda (Haiyan).

Mr Lee had been controversial when he exposed incidents of child sex abuse within the Catholic Church. He was removed from service for publicly admitting that he married a Filipina in 2011 and for owning up to his sins of having had girlfriends while still serving in church as a priest for 20 years.

Back in Sydney, he made an important contribution when he established the Padre Pio in Glenmore Park, in Western Sydney. He was, however, removed from his parish in 2012 when he comes clean about his marriage and ex-girlfriends.

In a tribute done on Sunday, Bishop of Parramatta, Anthony Fisher, expressed…