Donegal abuser not previously identified as victim 'did not want to upset his ill mother'

Donegal school caretaker Michael Ferry, today sentenced to 18 years for the rape and sexual assault of four boys, was not identified after a 2002 sexual assault conviction as his victim did not wish to upset Ferry's ill mother.

Ferry (aged 55) went on to abuse four more boys at the same school, where he retained his job after the 2002 conviciton.