John McClean

Former rugby coach groomed one victim after father's terminal cancer diagnosis, court hears.

The man described school as a “very lonely place” because of McClean’s abuse, and said: “To this day, I’m still lying to my mother about how school was for me.” On Thursday morning, McClean pleaded guilty to a further 23 counts of abusing 20 boys at the college between 1971 and 1992. Mr Guerin said his client had written an apology which counsel read into the record. He has 96 previous convictions, all for indecent assault of young boys under the age of 18 who attended Terenure College. Det Garda Duffy agreed with Sean Guerin SC, defending, that his client was co-operative with gardaí. One man, now aged 51, said he “wanted to die” while being abused by McClean at the age of 14. “When I was at school in Terenure College it was a very safe place – for paedophiles. One man concluded his victim impact statement by directly addressing McClean, who sat with his head in his hands throughout: “May you and your sort rot in hell for eternity. Another survivor thanked Damien Hetherington, a previous victim who waived his anonymity following an earlier case against McClean. Other men told of how McClean would pull them under his teaching gown and use his hands like “talons” while he abused them. Paul Kennedy, now aged 60, described how McClean set about grooming him after his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He said he had worked hard all his life to overcome the “shame and grubbiness” he associated with sexual desire and the feeling that he had “done something wrong”.

Paul Kennedy's victim impact statement as court told how Terenure College was a 'safe place for paedophiles'

Your honour, when I was at school in Terenure College it was a very safe place; for paedophiles. Holding my infant son in my arms, I gravely realised that laughing it off and saying ‘ah sure I survived’ was weakness and talking about the theft of my innocence and the enduring stain of paedophilia was in fact strength. It does, however, give me great solace and pride to read this out and in so doing honour the young boy Paul Kennedy who was defiant and who did his damn best to dodge and sidestep your tackle and run out the gates of Terenure College into a tough old world but a safer one. I took responsibility, I realised that often the Joker is the thief and yet you had stolen my innocence and there I was laughing it off as if it never mattered. I faced my past in Terenure College, I stopped running, I took my power back and remembered you in all your poisoned glory. Is it any surprise I quickly became truculent or aggressively defiant and sought to outmanoeuvre the constant bullying, humiliation, and sexual sleaze that was our daily lot in Terenure College, epitomised by John McClean?

The recidivist paedophile John McClean will be sentenced tomorrow for sexually abusing 22 boys at Dublin's Terenure College over three decades from the ...

Others mitched in parks and in town or left the school altogether. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. He says he is deeply ashamed and apologises to parents, the college, the community and staff for the damage he has done. The victims also criticised the authorities at Terenure College for "facilitating" the abuse. McClean hid his face from his victims today as one of them faced him, reminded him of his "poison" and criticised the college authorities for "facilitating the abuse". One of his victims Paul Kennedy, waived his anonymity and accused the other teachers and adults at the College of also offending "by not speaking up."

McClean, 78, of Casimir Avenue, Harold's Cross, D6, admitted sexually assaulting 20 boys at Terenure College between 1971 and 1992. Advertisement. John McClean, ...

You are a monster.” [Court](http://thesun.ie/topic/court) again this morning where he was arraigned on a further 23 counts of abusing 20 boys at the college between 1971 and 1992. [eight-year sentence](https://www.thesun.ie/news/6584775/former-teacher-dublin-abused-23-boys-jailed-eight-years/) handed down in 2021 for [abusing 23 pupils](https://www.thesun.ie/news/6551891/evil-paedophile-teacher-and-rugby-coach-john-mcclean-monster-court/) at the south [Dublin](http://thesun.ie/where/dublin) school. [paedophiles](https://www.thesun.ie/topic/paedophile/). [guilty pleas](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10037051/ex-rugby-coach-john-mcclean-pleads-guilty-indecent-assault/) to four counts of indecent assault relating to two boys during the 1980s. [McClean](https://www.thesun.ie/news/6587030/victim-john-mcclean-sex-beast-caged-horror/), 78, of Casimir Avenue, Harold’s Cross, D6, admitted sexually assaulting 20 boys at Terenure College between 1971 and 1992.

Former teacher and rugby coach John McClean has admitted sexually assaulting 20 boys between 1971 and 1992.

“You had stolen my innocence and there I was laughing it off as if it never mattered. He described it as “inexorable erosion of my innocence for his own callous warped desires.” Something profound happened: I faced my past in Terenure College.” And so began a lifetime distrust of authority. For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away. More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.

McClean (78) is currently serving an 11-year sentence for abusing 23 pupils at south Dublin school.

One man concluded his victim impact statement by directly addressing McClean, who sat with his head in his hands throughout: “May you and your sort rot in hell for eternity. [ One man, now aged 51, said he “wanted to die” while being abused by McClean at the age of 14.

The recidivist paedophile John McClean has been sentenced to four more years in prison for sexually abusing 22 boys over three decades from the 1970s to the ...

He operated in plain sight and also faced down the few adults who tried to stop him. He abused his first child in 1971 and continued to abuse children until 1993. He previously appealed to other victims to come forward and said he was humbled by his fellow victims who thanked him today for encouraging them to go the gardaí, which resulted in Mc Clean receiving additional time in prison today. The Carmelite Order said it is committed to supporting all those abused in their schools and other ministry settings and said counselling and therapy can be arranged for victims and survivors at no cost Fr Michael Troy said the Carmelites were "truly sorry" for the failure to stop McClean but acknowlged that their public apologies "seem paltry in the wake of the harrowing accounts of abuse and its devastating consequences that former students have given." It brings to 45 the total number of boys he has been proven to have abused at the college, meaning he has been convicted of abusing more children than anyone else in the history of the State.

Former rugby coach John McClean will serve an extra four years in prison after admitting to sexually abusing 22 more boys at Terenure College.

He told his abuser “may you and your sort rot in hell for eternity” and said that he no longer sees him as a monster or demon, but as a sick old man with no future. He also told Det Gda Duffy "well done guard" and added that it was a "fine investigation Another schoolboy abused by McClean in the early 1970s described him as a “premeditated predator” who knew what he was doing. His victims this week described him as a “premeditated predator” and a “monster”, while criticising the school authorities at the time for “facilitating” the abuse. He described the “constant bullying, humiliation and sexual sleaze” that was their daily lot at the school, epitomised by McClean. Another man abused by the rugby coach in the mid-1980s told McClean that he was a monster who hurt innocent and vulnerable young boys.

Serial child abuser John McClean has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting 22 students of Terenure College in Dublin.

Serial child abuser John McClean has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting 22 former students of Terenure College.

Former rugby coach John McClean has been handed a four-year prison sentence for the sexual abuse of 22 boys at Terenure College over a 20-year period.

Counts one to 15 carry a maximum of a five-year prison sentence, counts 16 to 41 carry a maximum of a 10-year sentence, and counts 42 to 49 carry a maximum five-year prison sentence with the remaining four counts carrying a maximum of a 10-year sentence. The court heard that there was a total of 53 counts within both books of evidence. Judge Nolan said he would have imposed a longer sentence on McClean if the defendant was not already serving a substantial sentence. There are 22 complainants in the case, with some of them having been abused on a single occasion and others were abused three, four, six, seven and up to eight times. He also took into consideration McClean's age and that he is serving a lengthy prison sentence. He has 96 previous convictions, all for indecent assault of young boys under the age of 18 who attended Terenure College.

John McClean is already serving an eight-year sentence handed down in 2021 for abusing 23 students at the school.

Counts one to 15 carry a maximum of a five years prison sentence, counts 16 to 41 carry a maximum of a 10-year sentence, and counts 42 to 49 carry a maximum five-year prison sentence with the remaining four counts carrying a maximum of a 10-year sentence. The court heard that there was a total of 53 counts within both books of evidence. Judge Nolan said there was mitigation in this case, such as McClean’s guilty pleas, his expression of remorse, and the well-deserved public shaming the accused has gotten. There are 22 complainants in the case, with some of them having been abused on a single occasion and others were abused three, four, six, seven and up to eight times”. The court heard that two books of evidence were served, with 22 victims in total. McClean will be 84 years of age upon his release from prison.

McClean (78) is currently serving an 11-year sentence for abusing 23 pupils at south Dublin school.

“Over a period of time he abused these boys, he was a teacher and in a position of trust. However, Judge Nolan added the sentence he was imposing would have been longer but for the fact McClean was already serving another term of imprisonment. The question now arose as to how much longer McClean should remain in prison at the expiry of the first sentence, he said. “There are 22 complainants in the case, with some of them having been abused on a single occasion and others were abused three, four, six, seven and up to eight times. A number of pupils whom McClean abused at Terenure College were present in court for the evidence on Thursday and sentencing on Friday. This week he pleaded guilty to a further 23 counts of abusing 20 boys at the college between 1971 and 1992.