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Fri 06 Jun 2004Book reveals murderer was abuse victimOne of the victims of a paedophile priest unmasked by the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, last weekend, was triple murderer Brendan O'Donnell, a new book is to reveal.Last weekend, Dr Walsh stunned four separate congregations in the east Clare joint parish of Mountshannon-Whitegate when he revealed that their former parish priest, Father Tom McNamara, had abused a number of children in the area.