Former priest and serial child abuser Tony Walsh to serve maximum of two years for sexual assault of child

Former priest Tony Walsh Photo: Courtpix

Declan Brennan

Former priest and serial child abuser Tony Walsh will serve a maximum of two years for the sexual assault of a child in the early 1970s, a court has heard.

Walsh was a seminarian at the time of the offence, which is the earliest recorded case of child abuse by him. He went on to become known as the “Singing Priest” for his role in a traveling all-priest group before he was defrocked.