Father Thomas O’Keeffe could be ‘demonic’, Maria James inquest hears

A horrific paedophile priest could go out of his mind with rage, a potential new witness wants to tell a murder inquest.

A new witness who suffered at the hands of a paedophile priest wants to give evidence in an inquest into the bookshop murder of Thornbury mum Maria James.

The man wants to tell the Coroners Court about abuse he suffered at the hands of Father Thomas O’Keeffe, who is a person of interest in Mrs James’ brutal murder.

Mrs James’s body was found stabbed 68 times in the bedroom behind her High Street bookshop on June 17, 1980.

A new witness who suffered at the hands of a paedophile priest wants to give evidence in an inquest into the bookshop murder of Thornbury mum Maria James.

The man wants to tell the Coroners Court about abuse he suffered at the hands of Father Thomas O’Keeffe, who is a…