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Irish Mirror
National
Nicola Donnelly

Preacher who oversaw Cornelius Price funeral speaks on camera from the graveside of "a man I led to Jesus"

An Evangelist preacher who oversaw the funeral and burial of mobster Cornelius Price has spoken how the notorious gangland figure’s “heart was changed through the compassion of God.”

Reverend Alex Johnson, who is based in the UK spoke in a video from Price's graveside at Manchester's Rochdale Cemetery the day after his funeral.

Drogheda gang boss Price - who was heavily involved in organised crime and responsible for at least six murders including that of tragic Willie Maughan and his pregnant partner Ana Varsalane - died in a Welsh hospital on Sunday, February 19 after being diagnosed with a brain disease since October 2021.

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