Denis Nolan given five-year sentence for raping and abusing child

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Denis Nolan, a former parish priest serving 19 years for sexually abusing children, was sentenced on 13 November 2023 to a further five years in prison for raping and abusing another child. The proceedings were reported on 13 November 2023.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott ordered that the five-year sentence run consecutively to Nolan’s existing sentences, beginning on 19 June 2028. The judge reduced an eight-year sentence to five years.

The offences took place in Dublin and Wicklow over six years. The judge described Nolan as a predatory offender who groomed and exploited the boy from the age of 11 and took steps to ensure his silence.