Sexual abuse victim reported ex-scout leader after seeing him on Late Late Show, court told

James Gilleran got two years for sexually abusing three boys almost 40 years ago

The court heard that James Gilleran, aged 70, appeared on The Late Late Show in 2021 in his capacity as a volunteer for the Irish Cancer Society's Daffodil Day campaign. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

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A man contacted gardaí to make a formal complaint after seeing the former scout leader who sexually abused him and two other boys almost 40 years ago on television.