Br Paul Dunleavy: Former Catholic School Head Facing Historical Sex Abuse Charges

Irish News
June 7, 2018

https://www.irishnews.com/news/2018/06/07/news/former-catholic-school-head-facing-historical-sex-abuse-charges-1349782/

Br Paul Dunleavy is facing 41 charges. Picture by Newry Reporter

A FORMER Newry Catholic school principal is to appear in court on multiple child sex abuse charges.

Brother Paul Dunleavy (82), whose address is given as the Christian Brothers Province Centre in Dublin, is due in court on June 11 when he will face a total of 41 charges.

He was head of the now-closed St Colman's Abbey Primary School in Newry during the 1980s. He previously served as a teacher in the school before being appointed principal. It is understood he also taught at St Aidan's PS in Belfast.

The charges include 30 counts of indecent assault on a male and eight counts of gross indecency with or towards a child. They relate to when Br Dunleavy taught at the Newry school in the 1960s and 1970s.

He is also charged with inciting gross indecency with a child on dates between October 1973 and July 1974.

St Colman's Abbey PS and St Clare's Convent PS amalgamated to form St Clare's Abbey PS in 2014.