Christian Brothers lose bid to have Limerick abuse case dropped against former Brother

Brother Sean Drummond was jailed for two years in 2009 for indecently assaulting 19 boys in a primary school in Limerick in the 1960s

Former Christian Brother Sean Drummond, who later married and had five children, pleaded guilty in 2009 to 36 separate charges relating to the indecent assault on 19 school pupils. File photo: Liam Burke/Press 22

A man's High Court action seeking compensation for sexual abuse he says he suffered as a schoolboy at the hands of a Christian Brother teacher can continue, a judge has ruled.

The man claims Brother Sean Drummond, who in 2009 was jailed for two years for indecently assaulting 19 boys in Creagh Lane primary school in Limerick in the 1960s, abused him when he was a pupil in that same school around the same time.