A former lay worker with the Church of
Ireland will be sentenced next month for the rape and molestation of 14
young boys over the course of 30 years.
Patrick
O’Brien (76) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 48
sample counts of indecent assault, including various instances of anal
penetration, and three counts of sexual assault of the boys between 1977
and 2010 at numerous locations throughout the state including Kildare,
Westmeath, on a boat in Loughrea in Co Galway and at St Patrick's
Cathedral in Dublin where he worked as a volunteer.