IRELAND
One in Four
A retired schoolteacher and priest in his 80s has brought High Court proceedings aimed at preventing his trial on 37 charges of indecent assault of three former pupils.
Neither the man nor the school can be named for legal reasons. The DPP is opposing the application.
Deirdre Murphy SC, for the applicant, said the alleged assaults were said to have occurred between 1974 and 1981. She submitted that the delay between the alleged assaults, the making of the complaints and her client's prosecution would prejudice his right to a fair trial and had breached his right to a trial with reasonable expedition.