Claudy bombings: Father Chesney, the 'Provo Priest'

Patrick: You really do need to correct this story. It's plain wrong. We all make mistakes. It's not a hanging offence. But in journalism you have to own up to important mistakes and put them right. Chesney did not tell Father Liam that he had lived with the horror of the Claudy bombings for 30 years. He died in 1980, eight years after the event, aged 46. As another commenter pointed out, it was [presumably] Fr Liam who had spent 30 years anguished by what he knew. It was Fr Liam who, as an old man, yearned for justice. Could you not now make that clear? And then we can all get down the pub.

Why pick on people forced to commit these crimes. Get the people who gave the orders.

RE: The Letter.... The article above is inaccurate. It was actually the author of the letter 'father Liam' himself who claimed he was an old man and had been living with the secret for 30 years. The letter doesn't claim Chesney said that. 'Father Liam' was allegedly told about the bombing by father Chesney in 1972. The authenticity of the letter is still in doubt though.

wizardodo; I see you're still doing PR for the Orange Order. Love to see your posts. The internet is worldwide and people need to see this hate and bile. Keep it up you clown!

Fr Sean Mc Manus has had nothing to say.Do you father?.Irish National Caucus = provo mouthpiece.

Yes, Patrick. It's unlikely that Chesney talked to a priest years after his death – unless via a ouija board, which I don't think is yet approved by the Church. Nor could he have droned on about being an old man. He died at the age of 46. Let's keep the conversation real.

More IRA disinformation from an Irish Central Staff Writer. Patrick Cooper, you should work for The People's Daily in Beijing. Your lies are sickening!

"This horrible affair has been with me now for 30 years and it has been hanging over me like a black cloud," Chesney allegedly told Father Liam. Rubbish! Fr. Chesney didn't live another 30 years. He died in 1980 - 8 years after the Claudy bombing!