DUBLIN (IRELAND)
Independent
January 6, 2018
By Sarah MacDonald
Concerns have been expressed over the lack of supervision of a notorious paedophile former priest whom the Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore has warned is “extremely dangerous” and is “actively seeking victims”.
Clerical abuse survivor Marie Collins paid tribute to Bishop Phonsie Cullinan for a letter he sent to priests and schools in his diocese just before Christmas about convicted paedophile Oliver O’Grady, who is living in Waterford city.
In the letter, Dr Cullinan attached a photo of the former cleric who served in the US and said he had informed gardaí of his recent activities in the locality.
He asked the letter’s recipients to advise all parish groups, especially those working in any way with children, to be “aware that this man continues to be an evil menace to innocent children”.
Speaking to the Irish Independent, Ms Collins, a survivor of clerical abuse and former member of the Vatican’s Commission for the Protection of Minors, commended Bishop Cullinan.
“While it is good to see the bishop issuing this warning and passing on his concerns to gardaí, I would ask who is monitoring this very dangerous paedophile?”
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