A priest in Northern Ireland is under investigation for showing indecent images during a Holy Communion presentation.

Father Martin McVeigh was giving parents in County Tyrone a PowerPoint presentation in preparation for the ceremony.

But when images from a memory card were projected onto the screen, they included 16 indecent images of men.

Parents say the priest looked shaken, grabbed the memory stick, and bolted out of the room.

He returned 20 minutes later to wrap up the meeting, saying children get lots of money for their Holy Communion and should consider giving some of it to the church.

The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, says Father McVeigh had no knowledge of the offending images, and the police had indicated that no crime had been committed.