MAN CONVICTED OF GALWAY ABUSE FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ORDER OF COURT

Date Published: 26-Jun-2009

A convicted sex offender, who indecently assaulted children at a school in county Galway forty years ago, has been given a suspended 11 month sentence.The former Franciscan brother received a 10 year sentence at Galway Circuit Court in June 2008.He pleaded guilty at the time to 18 sample charges of buggery and indecent assault on children in a primary school in Galway between 1967 and 1972.He has now been given an 11-month suspended sentence for failing to comply with the terms of the Sex Offenders' Register.