Vile paedophile Oliver O’Grady has been arrested in Portugal, police confirmed on Thursday.
The ex-priest was lifted under a European Arrest Warrant on the Algarve and is expected to be sent back to Ireland.
Sources say it may relate to a complaint made by an organisation dealing with child abuse who tipped off the authorities.
Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria confirmed they arrested him on Monday.
They added: “The Irish national was wanted by the Irish authorities on suspicion of a crime of child pornography.
“He has been remanded in prison after a court appearance pending his handover to the Irish authorities.”
O’Grady was jailed for three years for possession of large amounts of child pornography in 2012.
The images were found after the defrocked priest left his laptop on an Aer Lingus flight.
He also raped and abused at least 25 children in California and was the subject of a 2006 documentary film called Deliver Us From Evil.
Limerick-born O’Grady emigrated to the US in 1971, after being ordained, and served as a priest in
California.
He was was jailed for 14 years for abusing two young brothers.
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