2015-03-27 · Dublin
Former Christian Brother has sentence for sexually abusing deaf boys cut on appeal
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…