‘Not a shred of remorse for victims’

A former Christian Brother whose sexual abuse of three boys left them with deep, emotional scars showed not one shred of remorse for his victims, a judge said as he jailed him for five years.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed eight concurrent five-year sentences on Edward Bryan, formerly of the North Monastery in Cork, reflecting the eight counts on which he was convicted for indecently assaulting three boys.

Aggravating factors in the case, noted by the judge, were the prolonged period of the abuse, the multiple victims, and the age difference between Bryan and the boys.