IRELAND
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A priest has received a suspended sentence for the 2015 sexual assault of a teenage boy after a court heard he has been put under effective house arrest by his order.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard the 65-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, molested the boy, who was in his early teens, after mass one Sunday in September 2015.
The victim told his mother about the incident the following month and she went to gardaí. The accused was interviewed and said he accepted the boy’s allegations and apologised.
A garda told the court that the priest had been since living under strict rules in a different house operated by his order. The order also cannot be identified.
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