De La Salle Brother pleads not guilty to sex abuse charges

A brother of the De La Salle order has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of abusing a former resident at a children’s institution for young offenders over 20 years ago.

The 56-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to three counts of indecent assault, one count of buggery and one count of gross indecency against the then 12-year-old complainant at the institution on dates unknown between March 1st, 1985 and September 2nd, 1986.

Eanna Mulloy SC (with Colm Ó Briain) in opening the trial told the jury the Brother was a care worker at the residential children’s care centre, where a number of boys were sent by the courts.

Mr Mulloy said that when the complainant was sent to the centre by courts in 1984 it was because he had got into trouble with the law, was missing school, came from a difficult background and was generally not doing well.

He said the boy was originally sent to the home for a year but for various reasons, including several incidents of absconding, he was kept on for another year after that and released in 1986.

Irish Times

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