Updated: 18 Feb 2021, 20:47
A VICTIM of vile sex beast John McClean recalled how the evil teacher “terrified” him and said he would hide in Bushy Park to avoid going to school.
Damien Hetherington, 59, said the “dogs in the street were barking” about him 47 years ago but posh Terenure College, where the pervert taught English and coached rugby, and the Carmelite Order who ran it, did nothing.
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Victim Damien Hetherington outside court in DublinCredit: Collins Photo Agency
McClean, 76, from Casimir Avenue, Harold’s Cross, Dublin, was jailed for eight years after he pleaded guilty to abusing 23 boys in the school between 1973 and 1990.
Former rugby coach and teacher who abused 23 students over 17 years jailed for eight years
Passing sentence today, Judge Pauline Codd imposed an effective sentence of 11 years imprisonment with the final three years suspended
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John McClean, a former teacher and rugby coach, of Casimir Avenue, Harold s Cross, Dublin 6, has been jailed for eight years (Picture: Collins Courts)
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The first reported victim of serial paedophile John McClean has said the former rugby coach "got what he deserved" after being jailed for eight years today.
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