CALIFORNIA
Alameda Sun
Written by Ekene Ikeme Published: Friday, 29 March 2013
A former Catholic priest and Alameda resident was released from prison in his native Ireland after pleading guilty to child-abuse charges last Friday, March 22.
Patrick Joseph McCabe, 77, pled guilty to four counts of indecent assault to two boys in Ireland in the 1970s at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in Ireland earlier this month. Judge Margaret Heneghan sentenced McCabe to 18 months in prison on Friday with his sentence backdated to when he first went into custody in Ireland in June 2011 following his extradition from Alameda.
Judge Heneghan said both assaults carried a maximum possible sentence of two years and this was “not a case where consecutive sentences were appropriate.” Heneghan also cited Mc- Cabe’s “guilty plea, his admission of guilt to gardai (Ireland’s police officers), his remorse, his age and medical condition” for reasons to release him.
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