MORE THAN A DECADE AFTER LEAVING THE PRIESTHOOD IN A BLAZE OF PUBLICITY, 53-YEAR-OLD, SEAN PAGE, FROM CASTLEREA, CO ROSCOMMON, WILL THIS WEEKEND MARRY HIS PARTNER, DIVORCEE AND MOTHER-OF-FIVE CLARICE YOUNG IN A CHURCH OF ENGLAND CEREMONY NEAR THEIR HOME IN HEYWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
HE NOW WORKS AS A SOCIAL WORKER IN THE UK.
THE FORMER CURATE IN ST ANNE'S PARISH IN SLIGO HIT THE HEADLINES MORE THAN A DECADE AGO AFTER HE CHOSE TO LEAVE HIS CELIBATE LIFE BEHIND HIM AND MOVE INTO A HOUSE WITH A MOTHER OF SEVEN. AFTER HIS CONTROVERSIAL AFFAIR HIT THE HEADLINES, HE TURNED HIS BACK ON SLIGO AND MOVED TO THE UK.
HE MET HIS WIFE TO BE CLARICE AFTER MAKING CONTACT ON AN ONLINE DATING WEBSITE.
FOLLOWING THEIR WEDDING, THE COUPLE PLAN A BUFFET RECEPTION WITH A DJ IN A LOCAL PUB BEFORE TRAVELLING TO IRELAND, WHERE THEY WILL SPEND A FEW DAYS IN DUBLIN AND GALWAY.