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	Priest Defamation Action against RTE Underway The Newstalk November 17, 2011 http://www.newstalk.ie/2011/news/priest-defamation-action-against-rte-underway/ A jury is being sworn in for a High Court defamation action by a priest against RTE for allegedly wrongly accusing him of raping a minor while in Kenya. The Prime Time Investigates broadcast called ‘Mission to Prey’ was aired on May 23rd last. Mill Hill Missionary Fr. Kevin Reynolds claims the allegations are scandalous and wholly without justification. He is suing RTE over a Prime Time Investigates programme in which he says it was wrongly alleged that while he was a missionary priest he raped an underage girl who was a maid in a house he visited. He says it falsely alleged he fathered her child, told her to keep it secret and paid for the education of the child. He claims RTE advertised the show and it was referred to on Morning Ireland and the web. The defamation action is expected to run for 4 days.
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