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17/05/2012
'Prime Time Investigates' Journalist Insisted She Could "Stand Over" Allegations
Newly published legal documents reveal that 'Prime Time Investigates' reporter Aoife Kavanagh insisted she could stand over the allegations made in the 'Mission To Prey' programme.
The documents reveal a fresh insight into who knew what and when during the build-up to the massive libel settlement with Fr Kevin Reynolds.
Amid a flurry of legal correspondence, reporter Aoife Kavanagh - who has since resigned her position with RTE - insisted that 'Prime Time Investigates' could stand over all of the allegations.
It has also emerged that Sheila Mudi - whom RTE falsely identified as Fr Reynolds' illegitimate child - had written a letter in or around July of last year detailing how Fr Reynolds was not her father.
The Galway priest had strenuously offered a paternity test before its broadcast on May 23, accusing him of raping an African woman and fathering her child.
But RTE was accused of continuing to delay the paternity test process in August, three months after the programme aired to 500,0000 viewers.
The revelations are contained in a ruling published last night by the High Court Taxing Master Declan O'Neill, who assessed the level of legal costs in the Reynolds libel case against RTE.
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The documents reveal a fresh insight into who knew what and when during the build-up to the massive libel settlement with Fr Kevin Reynolds.
Amid a flurry of legal correspondence, reporter Aoife Kavanagh - who has since resigned her position with RTE - insisted that 'Prime Time Investigates' could stand over all of the allegations.
It has also emerged that Sheila Mudi - whom RTE falsely identified as Fr Reynolds' illegitimate child - had written a letter in or around July of last year detailing how Fr Reynolds was not her father.
The Galway priest had strenuously offered a paternity test before its broadcast on May 23, accusing him of raping an African woman and fathering her child.
But RTE was accused of continuing to delay the paternity test process in August, three months after the programme aired to 500,0000 viewers.
The revelations are contained in a ruling published last night by the High Court Taxing Master Declan O'Neill, who assessed the level of legal costs in the Reynolds libel case against RTE.
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