Anthony Crean

Fr. Anthony Joseph Crean (13 June 1911 – 21 March 1975) was an English Roman Catholic priest who was murdered by serial killer Patrick Mackay.[1]

Crean was born in Brentford, Middlesex, England. Fr. Crean had served the Gibraltar Diocese, and was in semi-retirement he was acting as chaplain in Shorne, Kent, at the time of his murder.[2] On 22 March 1975, Mackay murdered Creane with an axe in the small Shorne cottage he lived in.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Crime Files: Patrick Mackay; Crime and Investigation
  2. ↑ History St. John's Church, Gravesend
  3. ↑ Shorne Sons of Divine Providence
  4. ↑ Odell, Robin; Gregg, Wilfred (2011). Murderers' Row: An International Murderers' Who's Who. The History Press. p. 267. ISBN 9780752471280. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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