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Four-year imprisonment for priest who systematically abused boys.
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Crown Court of Northern Ireland (Smyth J) sentences parish priest to four concurrent three-year periods of imprisonment in respect of sexual assaults on one boy, and a consecutive one-year period of imprisonment in respect of a sexual assault on another boy.
Sentencing – sexual abuse of boys – breach of trust – previous convictions for similar offences – assault on offender while in prison – medium risk of re-offending - totality of sentence, including previous sentences.
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