Father Anthony Crean Kent 1975

Patrick Mckay was a psychopathic killer from London who killed three people before he was caught.
From his teens Mckay was a bully and a animal torturer doing unspeakable things with innocent helpless beings. He was from a mixed race background and his father was a violent alcoholic who made life hell for his wife and children.



After the murders of Isabella Griffiths in 1974 and Adele Price in 1975 Mckay targeted a Priest living in Shorne in Kent Fr Anthony Crean who had previously tried to show kindness to Mckay, which was repaid by Mckay stealing and forging a cheque.

On 21st March 1975 Mckay brutally murdered Crean with an axe, first giving him head injuries and dumping him in the bath tub and filling it with water. Crean was still conscious and begging for his life when Mckay began to study the damage he had done, prodding and exploring Creans shattered skull with part of his brain exposed.

Father Anthony Crean 

      

Fr Crean lived and died at the house adjacent the church of St Peter and St Paul in Malthouse Lane, Shorne, Kent. Immediately above is a picture taken some time after the murder. Notice the boarded up door in the front. Top is a picture of the site today.