Christian Brother jailed for indecently assaulting four boys

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A Christian Brother was jailed for six and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 16 March 2023 after being convicted of nine counts of indecent assault against four boys.

The offences occurred between 1976 and 1978 while he was the boys’ fourth-class teacher at a CBS school in Leinster. He had denied the charges and does not accept the jury verdicts.

Judge Elma Sheahan reduced a headline sentence of seven years and three months to six and a half years, running from the conviction last month. He was already serving five and a half years for indecently assaulting five other boys.