Ireland Named in reporting
Peter Kelly
Born between December 1951 and December 1952, from the ages reported. 6 reports across 1 case, 2 Dec 2025 to 8 Dec 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between December 1951 and December 1952, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Sexual abuse (indecent assault)
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 6 reports, 2 Dec 2025 to 8 Dec 2025
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, thejournal.ie, rte.ie
Photographs
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Cases
latest first- Former teacher sentenced to 10 years for indecent assault in Blackrock Sexual abuse (indecent assault) · Co. Dublin
Peter Kelly, 73, a former maths teacher at Willow Park primary school in Blackrock, Dublin, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on 8 December 2025 for 28 counts of indecent assault of eight boys aged 10 to 13 in the 1970s and 1980s. The abuse involved Kelly taking boys under his black cloak and running his hands over their torsos and buttocks under the guise of tickling. A complaint was made in 2001, leading to Kelly's resignation in 2004, but the DPP decided not to prosecute at that time. Kelly was convicted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury after a two-week trial in November 2025 and did not accept the verdict. Judge Elma Sheahan imposed a global consecutive sentence of 10 years, noting aggravating factors including breach of trust and age disparity, and mitigating factors including no prior convictions and ill health.
Sentenced, 8 Dec 2025Convicted · 6 reports
Timeline
every report naming Peter Kelly, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 8 Dec2025‘Justice was done,’ says Willow Park abuse survivor after ex-teacher Peter Kelly jailed for 10 yearsconvicted, Peter Kelly, 73, male, named, irish (judged from name)Peter Kelly
- 8 Dec2025Former teacher jailed for 10 years for indecent assault of eight boys at private Dublin schoolconvicted, Peter Kelly, 73, male, named, irish (judged from name)Peter Kelly
- 8 Dec2025Former teacher jailed for indecent assault of young boysconvicted, Peter Kelly, 73, male, named, irish (judged from name)Peter Kelly
- 8 Dec2025Former teacher at Willow Park primary school jailed for 10 years over indecent assault of eight boysconvicted, Peter Kelly, 73, male, named, irish (judged from name)Peter Kelly
- 2 Dec2025Former teacher at south Dublin school 'one cog in a machine of systematic abuse', court hearsconvicted, Peter Kelly, 73, male, named, irish (judged from name)Peter Kelly
- 2 Dec2025Former Willow Park primary school teacher to be sentenced over abuse of eight boysconvicted, Peter Kelly, 73, male, named, irish (judged from name)Peter Kelly
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