irishtimes.com
07 March 2012
A nun who is to face 87 sex-abuse charges was told at a preliminary sitting at Sligo Circuit Court yesterday that a special two-week hearing would have to be set aside for her trial. A number of people who claim they were victims of the nun were in court for yesterday’s brief hearing.
After complaints from Geraldine Biggs, defending, about provision of documents, Dara Foynes, prosecuting, said the “voluminous” files had been given to the Sligo State Solicitor Hugh Sheridan last week after the case was transferred from another county.
Judge Rory McCabe ordered the Director of Public Prosecutions to acknowledge correspondence received from the defence. He adjourned the case until May when a special sitting date will be arranged.
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Nun faces 87 charges of sex abuse
Irish Independent
Wednesday 07 March 2012
A judge has ordered a special sitting of the Circuit Court to hear a case against a nun facing 87 charges relating to the alleged sex abuse of primary school girls, writes Greg Harkin.
The woman appeared at Sligo Circuit Court yesterday in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in the State. Publication of her name has been banned.
Judge Rory McCabe listed the case for mention again on May 22.
Several of the nun’s alleged victims were in court for yesterday’s brief hearing.
Let’s hope and pray this opens the door for the many women who endured childhood sex abuse at the hands of a nun to come forward.