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Fr. Sean Sheehy

“The truth hurts — but it sets us free”Fr. Sean Sheehy, 80, is a native of County Kerry, Ireland, but, like many Irish priests who were sent in past decades to help relieve the priest shortage in the United States, he has spent most of his priestly ministry in the U.S. — most recently in the Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 2008, Fr. Sheehy, who had always maintained ties to native country, returned to Ireland and his home of County Kerry to help alleviate Ireland’s own priest shortage of recent years.
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