Ex-priest sentenced for child porn

DUBLIN, Ireland, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A judge in Ireland has sentenced a former priest and convicted child abuser to three years in jail for possession of child pornography, court records said.

Police said Oliver O'Grady, 66, had thousands of images of children, some victims as young as 2-years-old, stored on computers and USB drives, the Irish Times reported Tuesday.

Police also found more than six hours of child pornography videos and more than 500 pages of online discussions about child pornography.

The case unfolded after O'Grady left his laptop on an Aer Lingus flight and police were alerted to its contents.

O'Grady was deported in Ireland in 2001 after serving 7 years in a California prison for abusing children.

Criminal Court Judge Martin Nolan said at sentencing that O'Grady had a serious problem and prison in America had not rehabilitated him.

He was born in Limerick and emigrated to the United States after joining the priesthood.