Viewers of an explosive RTÉ documentary were left sickened at new revelations about the infamous bishop who was removed from the ministry in 2007 and passed away in 2017.
Casey rose to infamy when scandalous secrets began to be exposed in the early 90s after an American woman named Annie Murphy revealed that Casey had fathered a son with her in the 1970s.
Pressure began mounting to remove Casey's remains from the crypt at Galway Cathedral, particularly after Casey's niece told the documentary ‘Bishop Casey’s Buried Secrets’, that the disgraced bishop had sexually abused her for period of ten years from when she was just five years old.
The current Bishop of Galway has previously stated that "careful consideration and consultation" is underway as to what should be done with the remains of Casey.
"Time and space are required to adequately and appropriately bring this undertaking to completion,” Bishop Michael Duignan said.
It has been speculated that the remains could be brought back to Limerick, where Casey was from, but the Bishop of Limerick, Dr Brendan Leahy, has said that his diocese will respect the Galway diocese's consultation process and await its decision.
Annie Murphy rocked the Catholic Church in 1992 when she revealed that Bishop Casey was the father of her son, Peter.
In 1973, Annie Murphy was 25 when she arrived in Ireland and met then-bishop of Kerry, Eamonn Casey, who was her second cousin once removed.
Casey was 21 years her senior but the two struck up a romantic relationship and after Annie became pregnant the affair ended after 18 months and she moved back to the US with her infant son, Peter, in 1974.
Peter, who turns 50 this year and lives in Boston, said that he was 15 when he first met his father after Annie filed a paternity suit against Casey in New York.