An anti-gay priest in Northern Ireland has taken a leave of absence after he was caught sexting men on Grindr.

An unnamed man exposed the “hypocrite priest” to a local Catholic newspaper, revealing he had sexted with Father Rory Coyle of Armagh multiple times.

According to the paper, Coyle allegedly posted a series of comments and pictures of himself on the gay dating website ‘Grindr’ earlier this year, including his own mobile phone number.

“He spoke to me on Grindr a few times and kept wanting to come to my mum’s house for sex with me while she was at work,” the whistleblower told Thinking Catholicism in an email. “He sent me lots of naked pics of himself, too. When I realized who he was I sent them to a journalist along with the screenshots of his sex chat.”

He also says Coyle, who was his school chaplain at Saint Catherine’s College, admitted to participating in orgies in Dublin, attending gay beaches in Portugal, and renting rooms by the hour in Soho in London for sex meets.

“He’s just a hypocrite,” he added, “Denouncing gay people from the pulpit and then shagging guys when no one is looking.”

Shortly after the screenshots were sent to the paper, Coyle’s Grindr account and his Facebook page were deactivated.







His photo was also temporarily removed from the Armagh Parish’s website.

“Father Rory Coyle asked Archbishop Eamon Martin for time off to obtain personal and spiritual support,” a spokesman for the Archdiocese said in a statement. “Following this, on March 22, he asked the Archbishop to extend his leave so that he could ’engage in a period of personal discernment and receive further help.’ He is currently on leave of absence”.