Former rugby coach took up role in UCD after admitting sexual assault to priest

Fr Robert Kelly, the then Provincial of the Carmelite Order in Ireland, said he had no recollection of being told this by John McClean

John McClean abused the boys between 1973 and 1990 while he worked for Terenure College. He left the school in 1996 after certain allegations were made and took up a role coaching rugby with UCD. Photo: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

A former rugby coach and teacher at a Dublin private school who abused 23 students admitted to one of the allegations in 1996, a court has heard.

John McClean (76) abused the boys between 1973 and 1990 while he worked for Terenure College. He left the school in 1996 after certain allegations were made and took up a role coaching rugby with UCD.