Court archive
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2025-07-28 · Portmarnock, Dublin
John Merrick, 78, a former Christian Brother and headmaster, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of indecent assault on a 10‑year‑old boy at St Vincent's Primary School between September 1979 and June 1980. The victim came forward after reading a 2024 newspaper report about Merrick's earlier 12‑month sentence for two…
2024-06-11 · Dublin
A former Christian Brother, John Merrick (77) of Portmarknock Park, Portmarknock, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to four charges of indecent assault against one sixth class pupil and three charges of indecent assault against his classmate on dates between September 1977 and June 1978. Both victims are now 58 years old and…
2015-06-25 · Cork
Edward Bryan, a former Christian Brother aged 61, was returned to prison after an appeal. He had been convicted in 2013 of indecently assaulting three boys at North Monastery secondary school in Cork between 1984 and 1990, on seven of ten counts. He had been sentenced to five years imprisonment, but a 2013 bail allowed him to challenge the…
2015-03-27 · Dublin
The Court of Appeal has reduced the prison sentence of John McCabe, a former Christian Brother, following an appeal against his conviction for indecently assaulting three young deaf boys between 1981 and 1984. McCabe, who pleaded guilty to six counts at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, was originally sentenced to 12 years in prison with three…