Former Christian Brother guilty of sex abuse

A erstwhile teacher and schoolhouse main accused of humanities kid enactment maltreatment has been recovered guilty.

Paul Dunleavy, with an code astatine Glen Road successful Belfast, was convicted of 36 charges of humanities intersexual abuse.

The offences are alleged to person been committed connected dates betwixt 1964 and 1991 portion the 88-year-old erstwhile Christian Brother worked astatine 4 schools successful Belfast, Newry and Armagh.

The charges included indecent battle and gross indecency with oregon towards a child.

After 5 hours of deliberation, the assemblage unanimously recovered Dunleavy blameworthy of 34 of the 36 charges.

A abbreviated clip aft being directed by the justice that helium would judge a bulk verdict connected the remaining 2 counts, the assemblage returned.

They recovered Dunleavy blameworthy of the 2 remaining charges by an 11-1 majority.

The assemblage of six men and six women had already been told that Dunleavy had been convicted connected 2 abstracted occasions of a bid of intersexual offences against children successful his attraction astatine a fig of schools wherever helium taught.

He is owed to beryllium sentenced connected 25 October.