IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Barry Duggan
Friday January 25 2013
A CHURCH of Ireland lay minister who had severe child pornography images in a computer folder marked ‘Papist Humour’ has been sentenced to five months’ imprisonment.
Passing sentence at Limerick District Court, Judge Eugene O’Kelly said it was a concerning factor that Ger Fitzgerald (62) sought out work as a primary school caretaker in Limerick when he had an appetite for child pornography.
He was charged with possessing 13 child pornography images on March 19, 2010.
Fitzgerald of Grianan, Corbally, Co Clare, pleaded not guilty. His barrister said that his client did not knowingly have them in his possession.
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