Brother can be tried for sex offences in 1961
Added on October 18, 2007
Thursday October 18 2007
A CHRISTIAN Brother can be tried for multiple sexual offences dating back to 1961, the Supreme Court ruled.
The man had failed in the High Court to prevent his trial going ahead and appealed the decision to the Supreme Court.
But yesterday, Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman, presiding at a three-judge court, said that there was no reason why the trial of the former Christian Brother, who worked at the Artane Industrial School, should not go ahead.
The man faces eight allegations of buggery, 63 of indecent assault and one charge of attempted buggery.