The Newstalk
November 23, 2011
www.newstalk.ie/2011/news/priests-association-hints-at-amount-of-reynolds-compensation/
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The strongest indication yet of how much compensation Fr. Kevin Reynolds is entitled to from RTE has been given by the Association of Catholic Priests this afternoon.
The Galway priest successfully sued the State broadcaster for defamation after he was wrongly accused by a Prime Time Investigates programme of raping a teenager in Kenya and making her pregnant.
He received an undisclosed fee in compensation.
The show has now been suspended while an independent inquiry into the matter is carried out.
Speaking to Shannonside Radio this morning Fr. Sean Mc Donagh of the Association of Catholic Priests indicated how much compensation Fr. Reynolds may have received from RTE.
He said it is not the €5 million that has been speculated about in some quarters but it is in what he described as "the low millions".
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