Scout master abused boys in Garda station

A former garda and scout master abused boys when he was in charge of a troop for disabled children, a court has heard.

The evidence was heard at Limerick Circuit Court yesterday where John Joseph (Jack) Dunne, formerly based at Pearse St Garda Station in Dublin, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of indecent assault on young boys in Dublin between 1963 and 1969.

The court heard that two of Dunne’s victims were polio sufferers whom he recruited through his work with disabled scouts.