Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Paul Grealish

2 reports across 1 case, 14 Mar 2023 to 14 Mar 2023

Victim: Paul Grealish, Irish man (judged from name)Paul Grealish

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Offences
Indecent assault (child sexual abuse)
Where
Co. Galway
Reporting
2 reports, 14 Mar 2023 to 14 Mar 2023
Outlets
irishtimes.com

Photographs

as published, with the outlet's credit
In 2013 Galway businessman Paul Grealish filed a criminal complaint against the Christian Brother who had abused him when he was nine and 10-years-old at St Patrick’s Christian Brothers School, Tuam in the early 1970s
In 2013 Galway businessman Paul Grealish filed a criminal complaint against the Christian Brother who had abused him when he was nine and 10-years-old at St Patrick’s Christian Brothers School, Tuam in the early 1970s
PhotoAndrew Downes, xposurevia irishtimes.com, 14 Mar 2023

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Cases

latest first
  • Christian Brother sentenced for indecent assault of schoolboy in Galway Indecent assault (child sexual abuse) · Co. Galway

    Thomas Caulfield, a 77-year-old Christian Brother, indecently assaulted Paul Grealish when Grealish was nine and 10 years old in front of his classmates at St Patrick's Christian Brothers School, Tuam, in the early 1970s. Grealish initially pursued a civil action in 2005 before filing a criminal complaint in 2013 after receiving an HSE letter referencing the vetting of Caulfield for a teaching position. Caulfield pleaded guilty to three sample counts of indecent assault. On 14 March 2023, Judge Brian O'Callaghan at Galway Circuit Court sentenced him to 27 months with seven suspended, meaning 20 months in prison.

    Sentenced, 14 Mar 2023Victim · 2 reports

Timeline

every report naming Paul Grealish, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 14 Mar2023
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Christian Brother sentenced for indecent assault of schoolboy in Galway
    Paul Grealish: ‘Today I was in court to get justice for my 10-year-old self’
    victim, Paul Grealish, male, irish (judged from name)Paul Grealish
  2. 14 Mar2023
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Christian Brother sentenced for indecent assault of schoolboy in Galway
    Christian Brother who indecently assaulted schoolboy jailed for 20 months
    victim, Paul Grealish, male, irish (judged from name)Paul Grealish

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