Mission to Prey | |
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Genre | "Undercover journalism" |
Created by | RTÉ News |
Starring | Aoife Kavanagh |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original release | |
Network | RTÉ One |
Release | 23 May 2011 |
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Prime Time The Frontline | |
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"Mission to Prey" is the title of an episode of the RTÉ programme Prime Time Investigates broadcast in May 2011. It falsely accused an Irish Catholic priest in Kenya of having fathered a child by engaging in child sexual abuse. The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland fined the RTÉ as a result and the decision to air the programme was described as "one of the gravest editorial mistakes ever made" in the history of RTÉ broadcasting.