Ireland Named in reporting
Eamonn Crossan
Born between May 1950 and May 1951, from the ages reported. 3 reports across 1 case, 1 May 2024 to 8 May 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between May 1950 and May 1951, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Indecent assault and sexual assault
- Where
- Co. Donegal
- Reporting
- 3 reports, 1 May 2024 to 8 May 2024
- Outlets
- irishmirror.ie, donegallive.ie, rte.ie
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Cases
latest first- Former priest sentenced for sexual abuse of a boy in Donegal Indecent assault and sexual assault · Co. Donegal
Eamonn Crossan, 73, a former parish priest, pleaded guilty at Letterkenny Circuit Court to seven counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault against a man in his 40s, who was a boy aged between 10 and 15 at the time. The offences were said to have occurred at several locations in County Donegal between March 1987 and December 1992. The victim went to gardaí after learning of Crossan's 2021 conviction for abusing another boy, and the State entered a nolle prosequi on 44 of the 96 charges. On 8 May 2024 Judge John Aylmer sentenced Crossan to five years in prison with the final 12 months suspended, backdated to August 2022, followed by 12 months' probation supervision.
Sentenced, 8 May 2024Convicted · 3 reports
Timeline
every report naming Eamonn Crossan, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 8 May2024Ex-parish priest jailed for five years for abuse of young boy in Donegalconvicted, Eamonn Crossan, 73, male, named, irish (judged from name)Eamonn Crossan
- 8 May2024Defrocked Donegal priest jailed for 'sustained' sexual abuse of young victimconvicted, Eamonn Crossan, 73, male, named, irish (judged from name)Eamonn Crossan
- 1 May2024Former Donegal priest to be sentenced for sexual assaultconvicted, Eamonn Crossan, 73, male, named, irish (judged from name)Eamonn Crossan
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