IRELAND
Irish Examiner
A 75 year-old Columban missionary who has a history of sexually abusing children has been given a 3-year suspended sentence for an indecent assault on a boy in the early 1980s.
Fr Patrick Maguire admits fondling the boy who stayed overnight at his house in North Dublin on a date in 1981 or 1982.
He has 15 previous convictions.
His victim feels the abuse has impaired almost every aspect of his life but asked Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to impose a lenient sentence.
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