"Self-proclaimed pillar of society" sexually abused five-year-old girl

An eighty-nine-year-old man from Rockfield, Knock, County Mayo has pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault against a young child in the mid-1990s. The Central Criminal Court heard that the offences occurred at his home between January and June 1995 when the victim was five years old. The man, who has no previous convictions, admitted the charges following a disclosure made by the victim to family members…