Jury convicts teacher of sexually abusing four boys
A former Marist brother and primary school teacher has been convicted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury of 35 charges of sexually abusing four young boys at a Sligo school over 40 years ago.
Christopher Cosgrove (aged 66) of Cloughreevagh, Ballyhaunis Road, Claremorris, Co Mayo, had pleaded not guilty to 55 charges of indecent assault at the school on dates between July 1, 1968 and June 30, 1977.
