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2024-07-04 · Dublin
John McClean, aged 79, former rugby coach at Terenure College, was convicted of sexually abusing 45 pupils over more than 20 years. After his first 2021 sentence of eight years for 23 offences, he pleaded guilty to 22 further abuses and received a four‑year sentence in February 2023, to run consecutively. The Court of Appeal found that Judge…
2024-02-12 · Dublin
In February 2021, former Terenure College rugby coach John McClean, aged 79, was convicted of sexually abusing 23 pupils and sentenced to four years. In February 2023, he was convicted of further abuse of 22 pupils and received an additional four‑year sentence, to run consecutively, making a total of 12 years. The State argued that a concurrent…
2023-02-24 · Dublin
John McClean, a former Terenure College rugby coach, was sentenced by Judge Martin Nolan to four years' imprisonment, to run consecutively to an existing eight‑year term for abusing 23 pupils. The new sentence covers 23 additional counts of indecent assault and sexual assault against 20 boys between 1971 and 1992, bringing the total to 22…
2023-02-23 · Dublin
At a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, a 60‑year‑old former Terenure College pupil described the school as "a very safe place for paedophiles" and recounted the daily bullying, humiliation and sexual abuse he endured at the hands of former rugby coach and teacher John McClean. McClean, aged 78, admitted to sexually assaulting 20 boys between…
2023-01-11 · Dublin
John McClean, a former rugby coach and teacher at Terenure College, admitted to indecently assaulting two boys during the 1980s. He pleaded guilty to four counts of indecent assault, each involving two separate incidents, committed between 1981 and 1983 and again between 1987 and 1988. The court remanded him in custody for sentencing on February…
2021-02-18 · Dublin
John McClean, aged 76, was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for sexually abusing 23 boys at Terenure College between 1973 and 1990. The offences involved repeated indecent assaults, including groping, fondling and sexual touching, often under the guise of costume fittings, teaching duties or disciplinary meetings. McClean denied the…
2021-02-11 · Dublin
John McClean, aged 76, a former teacher and rugby coach at Dublin's Terenure College, pleaded guilty to 27 charges of indecent assault against 23 male students committed between 1973 and 1990. The allegations surfaced in 1996 when a victim's father informed Father Robert Kelly, the then Provincial of the Carmelite Order, about the abuse. McClean…
2021-02-11 · Dublin
John McClean, aged 76, a former rugby coach and teacher at Terenure College, pleaded guilty to 27 charges of indecent assault against 23 male students between 1973 and 1990. The court heard that McClean abused boys during costume fittings for school plays, after disciplinary incidents, and in his office, using rulers and sexual conduct. Victims…
2021-02-10 · Dublin
John McClean, a former rugby coach and teacher at Terenure College, was found guilty of 27 charges of indecent assault against 23 boys between 1973 and 1990. The court heard that McClean abused boys during costume fittings for school plays, in his office after class, and while coaching rugby. Victims ranged from 12 to 17 years old. McClean's…
2021-02-10 · Dublin
The sentencing hearing for former Terenure College rugby coach and teacher John McClean, aged 75, began at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 10 February 2021. McClean, who pleaded guilty to 27 charges of indecent assault against 23 boys between 1973 and 1990, is remanded on bail. The hearing will span two days, with the possibility of extending…
2020-11-02 · Dublin
John McClean, aged 75, a former rugby coach and teacher at Terenure College, admitted to sexually abusing 23 boys over a 17‑year period from 1973 to 1990. He pleaded guilty to 27 charges of indecent assault in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The charges are organised into three separate books of evidence. McClean was due to stand trial but entered…