Former Christian Brother (80s) jailed for sexual abuse of former students at Kilkenny school in 1970s

Liam Coughlan (87) was subject of largescale Garda investigation that started in 2010

'There is a certain amount of satisfaction in today,' one victim said, 'but it doesn’t take back the last fifty years of your life.' Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times

After the sentence was handed down, two of his victims told The Irish Times that it did not make them want to celebrate. “He was so old, we thought he would die before we ever saw this day,” said another man. “I was surprised when they came looking for us that he was still alive.” The former Christian Brother from Co Waterford, who is now married, pleaded guilty earlier this month to 19 sample counts of indecently assaulting 19 boys when he was a teacher in a Co Kilkenny school in the 1970s.

Patrick McGrath, prosecuting, told Judge Elma Sheahan that a Garda investigation which started in 1998 led to no prosecution but a second investigation involving multiple complainants led to charges being brought.

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