2016-07-19
Former "singing priest" jailed for raping boy with crucifix
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Credit: Collins) Former "singing priest" Tony Walsh has been jailed for seven and a half years for raping a boy three times, once with a crucifix. He suggested to Judge Sheahan that there was a likelihood that the judge would have imposed a concurrent term and not extended Walsh's term of imprisonment if this happened.; Judge Sheahan had adjourned the case having heard evidence.