IRELAND
Irish Independent
EDEL KENNEDY – 01 FEBRUARY 2014
He denied allegations about using prostitutes.
There were also reports of him being arrested in Bangkok, and queries over his purchase of a Dublin apartment
BRENDAN Comiskey didn’t just court controversy – he relished it. Loved by the media because of his brazen outspokenness, his comments could make headlines around the world.
He was happy to publicly comment on everything from contraceptives to spanking children, to former colleagues fathering children. And he even spoke in favour of allowing priests to marry.
But behind the public face was a private life – he battled a growing problem with alcoholism and he was failing to deal with sex abuse by several priests within the diocese of Ferns.
And when his facade unravelled, it did so in spectacular fashion with reports and allegations about using prostitutes, being arrested in Bangkok airport, and queries over his personal – and secretive – purchase of a Dublin apartment.
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