IRELAND
Irish Examiner
By Liam Heylin
A boarding school student in 1979 described in court yesterday how he was indecently assaulted in the sick bay by a priest who was also dean of discipline.
This was the allegation made against the accused man, Tadhg O’Dalaigh, aged 70, of Woodview, Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, Dublin, who denied yesterday he indecently assaulted the boy on a date in March or April 1979.
The charge stated that, on that occasion, the defendant masturbated the student until he ejaculated at the sick bay of Colaiste An Chroí Naofa, Carraig na bhFear, Co Cork. O’Dalaigh pleaded not guilty. He was put on trial yesterday before Judge Donagh McDonagh and a jury of 10 men and two women.
Defence senior counsel Tom Creed asked the complainant why he did not leave the school and go to another school if he was in such fear, trepidation, and stress after the alleged indecent assault.
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