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Wed 07 Jul 2008Former cleric's sentence suspended
A FORMER senior Church of Ireland cleric who pleaded guilty to possessing 210 images of child pornography in the same files that contained sermons, homilies and documents relating to a Church of Ireland primary school in Roscrea received a three-year suspended sentence at Nenagh Circuit Criminal Court today.
The former rector of Roscrea (Diocese of Killaloe), canon Joseph Condell (60), pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing child pornography consisting of still images and movie files, at a sitting of the court last October.
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