FORMER CHRISTIAN BROTHER ACQUITTED OF ABUSE AT GALWAY SCHOOL

Date Published: 29-Jul-2008

A former Christian Brother has been acquitted by direction of Judge Tony Hunt of sexually assaulting boys, 40 years ago in a Galway industrial school.

Judge Hunt withdrew all 35 charges from the jury on day 11 of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

His decision to direct that NOT guilty verdicts be returned on all the charges came following submissions by defence counsel

The 72-year-old accused had pleaded NOT guilty to the 35 counts of indecently assaulting six boys between 1967 and 1973 when they were residents at the school.