IRELAND
Irish Examiner
A former priest who admitted sexually abusing two 13-year-old boys in the 1970s is likely to walk free from prison despite being jailed for 18 months.
77-year-old Patrick McCabe’s sentence has been backdated to when he first went into custody in June 2011 following his extradition from Alameda, California, to meet these and other abuse charges.
James Moran was 13 years old when he was abused by Patrick McCabe in a car outside Newbridge College in Kildare.
When interviewed in 2007 by gardaí, the former priest described him as a handsome boy who had met the “requirements” of his “fetish”.
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