Dublin priest convicted of 30-year-old sex assaults

A Dublin priest has been convicted of buggering and sexually abusing a boy almost 30 years ago.

Dublin priest convicted of 30-year-old sex assaults

A Dublin priest has been convicted of buggering and sexually abusing a boy almost 30 years ago.

The jury of seven men and five women returned verdicts of guilty on nine counts of indecent assault and five counts of buggery on the boy between June 1, 1979 and June 30, 1983. They had been deliberating for one hour and 34 minutes on day four of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

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