IRELAND
Irish Times
Conor Kane in Clonmel
A former priest and music teacher who told the Pope in a letter last year he had a history of “abusing young boys” has been given a four-year prison term for indecently assaulting a secondary school student in the 1980s.
Henry Moloney (77) with an address at Kimmage Manor, Dublin was handed down the sentence on Tuesday at Clonmel Circuit Court for abuse which had a “devastating” impact on his victim.
He was given consecutive sentences of 18 months, 18 months and 12 months, with the last of those four years suspended, as well as four concurrent sentences.
The only time Moloney spoke during the sentencing hearing was when asked if he acknowledged he would be bound to the peace for a year upon his release from prison, and he replied “I do indeed”.
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