Leo was born Gerard Hugh Sayer on May 21st. 1948, to
Thomas Sayer and Teresa Nolan at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex,
in England. He was the second child of three (an older
sister Kathleen and a younger brother Brian).
The Sayer family were devout Catholics,
and after serving as an altar boy, Leo was inducted
into the choir under the educated ear of Father Dermot
MacHale, the Parish Priest. To this day Leo attributes
“the finding of his voice” to Father MacHale,
who gave much singing instruction to the boy chorister.
