RTÉ apologises over false allegations made against Fr Kevin Reynolds

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RTÉ has issued a public apology to a priest who was accused in a Prime Time programme of raping a teenage girl while he worked as a missionary in Africa during the 1980s.

"RTÉ acknowledges that the material in the programme concerning Fr. Reynolds ought never to have been broadcast.

RTÉ now fully and unreservedly accepts that the allegations made by Prime Time against Fr. Kevin Reynolds are baseless, without any foundation whatever and untrue and that Fr. Reynolds is a priest of the utmost integrity who has had an unblemished 40 year career in the priesthood and who has made a valuable contribution to society in Kenya and Ireland both in education and in ministry.

RTÉ acknowledges the defamation has had a devastating effect on Fr. Kevin Reynolds, his family, his peers, his parishioners in Ahascragh, those in the diocese of Kakamega in Kenya who were aware of the allegations and all those who know him or of him.

RTÉ fully and unreservedly apologises to Fr. Kevin Reynolds for this defamation and deeply regrets the serious consequences suffered by him. He was entirely innocent of the allegations broadcast about him."

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They should do a documentary about him and broadcast it the same way the other was broadcast, and include what they did and the bad effect it had.

In fact, I think that any media outlet should be rrequired to print/broadcast the retraction in the same way the error was done, same type size and position on page, etc.
 
The Irish version of the BBC ( in other words, the national TV broadcast station)

It stands for “Raidió Teilifís Éireann”, which is Gaelic for “Really Terrible Entertainment”, 😛 😉
 
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The Irish version of the BBC ( in other words, the national TV broadcast station)

It stands for “Raidió Teilifís Éireann”, which is Gaelic for “Really Terrible Entertainment”, 😛 😉
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Blessed are you when men persecute you and say every kind of slander against you, for your reward in heaven will be great.
 
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