Mark McMorrow jailed for sexual exploitation and defilement

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Mark McMorrow was jailed for defilement and sexual exploitation at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, receiving a 2½-year sentence with the final six months suspended, reported on 16 May 2024.

He pleaded guilty to defiling Sophia Doyle on 20 December 2020, sexual exploitation between September and December 2020, and communicating with a child for exploitation from 10 April 2019 to 20 December 2020.

The court heard the families knew each other through the Community of Nazareth, where McMorrow became a youth group leader; the offending took place in Dublin.