IRELAND
Irish Times
Former “singing” priest Tony Walsh has been convicted of sexually abusing a young boy.
Walsh (62), currently serving a sentence for sexual offences against a number of other children, denied ever knowing the boy and said he had never assaulted him.
“If I knew him I would have pleaded guilty years ago,” Walsh told the court as he gave evidence on his own behalf.
Walsh, who was a member of the All Priests Show, was asked by his counsel how he felt towards the children he had assaulted. “I am sorry it happened. It should never have happened. It was as near to illness as you can have without being sick,” he replied.
Walsh, formerly of North Circular Road, Dublin 7, had pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to five counts of indecently assaulting the boy on dates between January 1980 and December 1982.
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