IRELAND
RTE News
An 82-year-old priest has gone on trial accused of indecently assaulting a boy in a school sickbed in the 1970s.
The priest has denied the two charges and said he acted like a father to all the boys.
A jury of three women and nine men was sworn in to hear the case before Judge Gerard O’Brien at the Cork Circuit Criminal Court today.
The complainant testified that the alleged assaults occurred when he was approximately 13 or 14 years old.
He said the first incident occurred when he was unwell with chest and stomach problems.
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