Ireland Named in reporting
Barry Fergal Jennings
Born between May 1965 and May 1966, from the ages reported. 5 reports across 1 case, 6 May 2022 to 19 May 2023
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused
- Born
- Between May 1965 and May 1966, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Sexual assault
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 5 reports, 6 May 2022 to 19 May 2023
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, leitrimobserver.ie, thejournal.ie, offalyexpress.ie
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Cases
latest first- Nolle prosequi entered on sexual assault charges in Dublin Sexual assault · Co. Dublin
Barry Fergal Jennings, a man, 57, was a chaplain at Tallaght Community School in Dublin at the time of alleged sexual assaults on a schoolboy between September 1998 and December 1999 at locations in Dublin. The complainant made statements to gardaí in December 2017. Jennings was convicted by unanimous jury of six counts of sexual assault in March 2022 and sentenced to four years in prison in May 2022. The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction in 2023 over a jury direction error, and on 1 December 2023 the DPP entered a nolle prosequi on all six counts, ending the case with no convictions.
Sentenced, 6 May 2022Convicted, accused · 5 reports
Timeline
every report naming Barry Fergal Jennings, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 19 May2023Former priest has conviction for sexual assaults on schoolboy quashedaccused, Barry Fergal Jennings, 57, male, named, irish (judged from name)Barry Fergal Jennings
- 19 May2023Former priest and journalist jailed for sex assaults on schoolboy has conviction quashed by Court of Appealaccused, Barry Fergal Jennings, 57, male, named, irish (judged from name)Barry Fergal Jennings
- 19 May2023Man jailed for sexual assaults has conviction quashedconvicted, Barry Fergal Jennings, 57, male, named, irish (judged from name)Barry Fergal Jennings
- 6 May2022Former priest and newspaper columnist gets four years in prison for multiple schoolboy sex assaultsconvicted, Barry Fergal Jennings, 56, male, named, irish (judged from name)Barry Fergal Jennings
- 6 May2022Former priest jailed for four years over sex assaults on schoolboyconvicted, Barry Fergal Jennings, 56, male, named, irish (judged from name)Barry Fergal Jennings
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