2025-04-07
Identity of serial abuser Christian Brother can now be reported
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Having heard the evidence, Judge Elma Sheahan imposed a global five-year sentence in respect of O'Flaherty's offending against the seven injured parties in this case from the date of his conviction last month. She outlined individual sentences in respect of each count on the indictment, which included some consecutive elements, then having considered the principles of proportionality and totality, imposed a global sentence of five years.