FLORIDA
Irish Central
Patrick Counihan @irishcentral September 30,2014
A Florida woman who claims she is the daughter of controversial Irish priest Fr Michael Cleary is to seek DNA tests to prove her story.
Felicia Irwin was given up for adoption as a baby by mother Phyllis Hamilton, the housekeeper who was the mother of two sons by Fr Cleary, who was known in Ireland as the Singing Priest.
In her autobiography, the late Hamilton claimed Felicia was conceived when she was raped by a student priest who was later thrown out of the Catholic Church.
But Irwin has told the Irish Independent that Hamilton confessed later that Fr Clearly could be her father.
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