Pedophile priest flees back to Ireland, where he is a free man

By NIALL O'DOWD, IrishCentral.com Publisher
Published Monday, April 26, 2010, 10:33 PM
Updated Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 10:39 AM

Notorious pedophile priest Father Oliver O'Grady is back in his old haunts in Ireland a free man after fleeing Rotterdam in Holland, where it was discovered that he was working with children and in a local Catholic church, calling himself "Brother Francis."

O'Grady abused hundreds of children during his thirty years in America as a priest. One victim was only nine months old. He served seven years out of a 14-year prison sentence before being deported to Ireland in 2003.
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Local police in Ireland say they can do nothing, as O'Grady has not commited any crime since he was deported from America in 2003. He is due to recieve
a large retirement from church when he turns 65 in June, according to Berg

.. Oliver O'Grady served as a priest at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Lodi, California from 1971 to 1978. He later served at Church of the Presentation in Stockton, California, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Turlock, California, St. Andrew's Parish in San Andreas, California, and St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hughson, California

In 1993 he was convicted on four counts of "lewd and lascivious acts" on two minors, the brothers John and James Howard, and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Attorney Jeff Anderson said the Howards were repeatedly molested between 1978 and 1991, from age three to 13.
Anderson claimed church officials knew that O'Grady had abused children as early as 1976 and 1984 but had done nothing.
Police had been informed of earlier charges and had declined to prosecute