Full Story:
http://www.stopinjusticenow.com/News_0348.htm
A former senior Church of Ireland cleric pleaded guilty to possessing images of child pornography yesterday.
Former rector of Roscrea (Diocese of Killaloe), Canon Joseph Condell was charged with knowingly possessing child pornography consisting of still images and movie files.
Last night the Church of Ireland Bishop of Limerick, the Right Rev Michael Mayes, expressed his "deep personal sadness" at the events, saying it was "distressing" as Condell had been a long-serving pastor held in high esteem.
The files were stored in a folder named "KNK" recorded in the C Drive of a computer . Other still images recorded on a floppy disc in a password encrypted zip file were recovered on January 11 2002.
Canon Condell, who is retired from his ministry and now resigned from the Church of Ireland, was charged following a raid on the rectory in Roscrea when gardai took away his computer and hard drive following a tip-off from the FBI.
Dressed in a dark suit, grey paisley tie and light coloured check shirt, Mr Condell, who served as rector in Roscrea for over 22 years, pleaded guilty when the charge was put to him.
No comments:
Post a Comment