Man who sexually assaulted his three sisters while training for the priesthood is jailed 

Richard Brennan was ordained as a priest in 1989 and moved to the US, but later married and had a family. He returned from the US for questioning and the trial

Richard Brennan pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 24 counts against his three sisters, including 18 of indecent assault and six charges of rape. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

A man who told his sisters they would be doing him a favour to have sex with him as he was going to become a priest and had sexual urges has been jailed for eight years.

Richard Brennan, 64, previously of Rathfarnham, Dublin, now living in the United States, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 24 counts against his three sisters, including 18 of indecent assault and six charges of rape.