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(Errors in this interview have been corrected)



Finbar was a priest!



CLASSICAL singer Finbar Wright has revealed his relief that he turned down a dog collar for a microphone. 



The Irish Tenors star joined the priest-hood [at age] 20 . But the married dad of two said:"I'm glad I 
got out of the priesthood before this earthquake erupted. It's very sad that these guilty priests have 
brought such disrepute on the church. I know there are so many good men out there doing good work because 
I was one of them."



The Cork-born singer was a priest for 7 years when he realised it wasn't the life for him. He said: "No 
one ever pushed me into the priest-hood. I decided at 16 that I was going to be one. But in my heart I 
never thought of myself as a priest." 



Now in his career and family life Finbar is happier than ever. After joining the Irish Tenors in 2000, 
he, Anthony Kearns and John Mc-Dermott have travelled the world. But Finbar and the boys will get to 
spend New Year in their homeland with their concert in the Point Theatre on December 31, 2004.