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High Court orders Oliver O'Grady’s extradition to Portugal to serve one-year sentence

By Cian Murphy

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

The High Court has ordered the extradition of former priest Oliver O'Grady to Portugal to serve a one-year prison sentence for having more than 9,000 images and 29 videos of child sexual abuse.

O'Grady, 80, was arrested on January 21, 2025, under a European Arrest Warrant issued by a court in Faro, Portugal. The proceedings were reported on July 8, 2025.

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