"Fr Tony Walsh is probably the most notorious child sexual abuser to have come to the attention of the commission . . .His pattern of behaviour is such that it is likely that he has abused hundreds of children Introduction to chapter 19 of the Murphy report
“The archbishop humbly begs the Holy Father graciously to grant him this favour in the interest of the well-being of the Church
Archbishop Desmond Connell urging Pope John Paul II in November 1995 to have Walsh removed from the priesthood
“I think it important that every one of us should at this stage avoid any excessive reaction – no matter what the civil law may say. Least of all should we pay any real attention to the money-making posturing of the media
Msgr Gerard Sheehy to archbishop Connell in 1995
“Tony Walsh is extremely compulsive – there have been an awful lot of children involved. He is a very disturbed man. He is always going to be dangerous
Psychologist who treated Walsh in the UK in 1988
“I will continue to fight. I intend doing this because I believe that it is the archbishop of Dublin and Alex Stenson versus Walsh and God and who can fight against God?
Walsh in evidence to the church penal process in 1992