IRELAND
Sunday World
A former priest who received a 16-year prison sentence for the sexual abuse of nine boys in the 70s and 80s has admitted abusing two other boys.
Tony Walsh (59) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of indecent assault on January 01 and April 4, 1979. The victims were aged between ten and 11.
Walsh, formerly of North Circular Road, Dublin, was known as the “Singing Priest” and featured in the 2009 Murphy Report. Judge Martin Nolan adjourned sentencing until tomorrow.
Garda John Barrett told Vincent Heneghan BL, prosecuting, that the first victim was aged 11 when Walsh caught him eating sweets outside the church before taking Holy Communion.
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