Former teacher and rugby coach admits sexually abusing 23 schoolboys

John McClean was due to stand trial today but instead entered pleas of guilty before the court.

John McClean pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 27 charges of indecently assaulting the males at Terenure College between 1973 and 1990. Photo: Collins

A former rugby coach and teacher at a Dublin school has admitted to sexually abusing 23 males in the 1970s and 1980s.

John McClean (aged 75), of Casimir Avenue, Harold’s Cross, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 27 charges of indecently assaulting the males at Terenure College in Dublin on dates between 1973 and 1990.