The court heard the man regularly called his victims up to the top of the class, where he indecently assaulted them by touching them inappropriately. The offences took place over the course of one academic year when he was teaching fourth class.
“Eventually the abuse stopped for me,” the man said. “And in my innocence and naivety, I thought it stopped for others. This feeling of guilt eats at my gut every single day.In their victim impact statements which were read out by a local garda, the other four complainants described being let down by the school and by the Christian Brothers, who they said had a duty of care to them. They reported dealing with depression and anxiety and some struggled with alcohol.
Sentencing the man, Judge Elma Sheahan said the abuse perpetrated by the man on five “young, innocent boys” left an indelible mark. She noted the common features of the five victim impact statements and the impact the trial process had on them in terms of them being retraumatised by old memories of the abuse.
She handed down a sentence of three years and two months and declined to suspend any portion of it, given the man’s lack of remorse and continued denial of the offences. She noted time in custody will be more difficult for him, given his age and health issues, and she ordered that he receive all appropriate medical treatment while in custody.
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