Serial sex abuser a monster, says victim

A VICTIM of serial child sex abuser Thomas Waters described him as a monster, and said he took away his innocence and replaced it with fear.

The 41-year-old Co Clare man told Ennis Circuit Court it is unknown how many children were under the direct care of Thomas Waters, aged 66, of Moore Street, Kilrush.

In court, Waters pleaded guilty to five separate counts of indecent assault against the man — then aged 12 to 14 — on dates unknown between September 1981 and September 1983.