IRELAND
Inside Ireland
By David Richardson
An Irish priest found guilty of sex abuse in the USA has been removed from ministry.
Fr Michael Kelly, from Ballingarry, Co Tipperary, was scheduled to testify in the sex-abuse lawsuit yesterday – but it is thought he has returned to Ireland in recent days.
On April 6, a civil jury found in favour of the accuser in a case alleging sexual abuse by Fr Kelly in the 1980s.
Kelly, who continues to deny the allegations informed Bishop Blaire in writing on Sunday that he had left the US because of deteriorating health, which he blamed on the “vicious false allegations” against him.
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