Michael Cleary (priest), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Irish priest
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Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
About Michael Cleary (priest)
- Michael Cleary (17 May 1934 – 31 December 1993) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, who became a radio and TV personality as well.
- A charismatic and powerful figure in the Catholic Church, he presented a late-night radio phone-in show in Dublin in the 1980s and hosted his own television chat show.
- He also published a book about maintaining faith in the modern world.
- After he released two albums of songs, he was nicknamed "The Singing Priest".
- He achieved more notoriety when it was revealed after his death that he had lived with Phyllis Hamilton and fathered two children with her, while she acted as his housekeeper.
- They lived as a family in secret.
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