Unnamed former Christian Brother teacher sentenced for indecent assault

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An unnamed former Christian Brother teacher was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for 23 counts of indecently assaulting four boys at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 29 July 2024. Judge Elma Sheahan backdated the sentence to his June conviction, meaning he will spend no further time in jail for these offences. The assaults occurred at a County Kilkenny school between September 1976 and June 1977. The man does not accept the jury’s verdicts, while his defence said no other complaints were made about him at schools where he later worked.