Irish Times: Shocking Statement on Low Behavior
- * DJ Carey, a former Kilkenny hurling legend, has been jailed for 5.5 years for defrauding 22 people out of approximately €400,000.
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* DJ Carey, a former Kilkenny hurling legend, has been jailed for 5.5 years for defrauding 22 people out of approximately €400,000. He falsely claimed to need funds for cancer treatment that he did not have.
* Carey fabricated medical documents, including falsified signatures from doctors in the US and England, to support his claims of having a rare blood cancer (multiple myeloma).
* He received significant donations from individuals, including businessman Denis O’Brien, who gave him €125,000 and $13,000 over nine years.
* Séamus Byrne,of St Gemma’s Healing Ministry,revealed that Carey contacted him in 2019 seeking prayer for healing. Byrne expressed shock that Carey would resort to fraud, stating he didn’t believe someone “could stoop to that level.”
* The details emerged during a Dublin Circuit criminal Court hearing and were further reported on RTÉ’s Prime Time.