Sunday school teacher jailed for abusing boy 20 years ago has sentence cut on appeal

A Sunday school teacher jailed for abusing an 11-year-old boy 20 years ago has had his prison sentence cut on appeal.

Thomas Garvan (aged 64), of Corbally Glade, Westborrk Glen, Tallaght, pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexually assaulting the boy on dates between December 1996 and October 1999. The victim was aged between 11 and 14 at the time.