Tony Walsh sentenced for indecent assault of child

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Judge Catherine Murphy sentenced Tony Walsh to two years for indecent assault, with the final year suspended on condition he keep the peace. She ordered the sentence to run consecutively to the termination of his existing sentence in October 2020. The proceedings were reported on 13 January 2016.

The offence involved a child at St Luke’s, Kilbarron Park, Kilmore, Dublin, between 17 April 1973 and 9 September 1976. Walsh had been convicted in December, having been a seminarian when the assault occurred, according to the report.