 He continued to serve as a priest until 1997 in Edenmore, Dublin.There is evidence that Archbishop John Charles McQuaid was contacted in 1960 by the Gardaí who had discovered pornographic photographs which were being developed in England for a McGennis when he was chaplain to Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin.McQuaid reportedly interviewed McGennis and "arranged for him to have treatment which was considered successful at the time."