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Priest jailed for 'systematic' sexual abuse of boy
RTE News ^ | 3/21/2014

Posted on 03/24/2014 7:43:33 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne

A 61-year-old Catholic priest has been jailed for seven years for systematically sexually abusing a boy in Co Wicklow over a five year period beginning in 2007 when the boy was 12.

Denis Nolan, with an address at Carrigmore, Tinahely, pleaded guilty to sexual assault at that address between 1 January and 30 June 2007.

He also pleaded guilty to a total of ten counts of defilement of a child between 1 July 2007 and 25 August 2011.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: carrigmore; catholic; catholicbashing; corruption; cowicklow; denisnolan; fartyshadesofgreen; ireland; pedophile; romancatholicism; sexualabuse; tinahely; wicklow
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To: xone

I do not have the answer to how many Protestant ministers have been caught sexually molesting minors. But I would be willing to wager the number is no where near the number of Catholic priests caught doing it.


21 posted on 03/24/2014 10:04:41 AM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

I don’t either, but to act like that justifies someone like this is really pathetic. Defend the edifice at all costs! Imprison them, full extent of the law.


22 posted on 03/24/2014 10:12:04 AM PDT by xone
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

Based on what?


23 posted on 03/24/2014 12:21:09 PM PDT by Gamecock (Atheists: “There is no God and I hate Him.”)
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To: Gamecock

According to wikipedia.com 4392 priests in the US have been implicated in child sexual abuse.


24 posted on 03/24/2014 12:31:42 PM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

Full link please.


25 posted on 03/24/2014 2:22:03 PM PDT by Gamecock (Atheists: “There is no God and I hate Him.”)
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