IRELAND
Irish Times
A Wicklow priest was jailed yesterday for seven years when he was convicted of ‘systematically’ sexually abusing a boy over five years starting when the boy was 12 years old.
Denis Nolan (61) with an address in Tinahely, Co Wicklow, pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a date between January 1st, 2007, and June 30th, 2007.
He also pleaded guilty to five counts of defilement of a child under the age of 15 years between July 1st, 2007, and August 25th, 2009, and five counts of defilement of a child under the age of 17 between August 26th, 2009, and August 25th, 2011.
All defilement charges occurred in the Presbytery, Rathnew where Nolan was parish priest at the time. The victim, who is now 19, waived his right to anonymity.
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