The 88-year-old former teacher and school principal from Belfast was found guilty of 36 charges.
Paul Dunleavy, with an address at Glen Road in Belfast, was found guilty of 36 charges of historical sexual abuse.
The offences were committed on dates between 1964 and 1991 while the 88-year-old former Christian Brother worked at four schools in Belfast, Newry and Armagh.During the course of the trial at Belfast Crown Court the jury was directed by Judge Patrick Lynch KC to find him not guilty on one count of indecent assault.
Following about five hours of deliberations over two days, the jury of six men and six women returned unanimous verdicts on the 31 counts of indecent assault, one of attempted buggery and two counts of gross indecency.The jury found Dunleavy guilty of the two remaining charges by an 11-1 majority. The jury had already been told that Dunleavy had been convicted on two separate occasions of a series of sexual offences against children in his care at a number of schools where he taught.
Dunleavy, dressed in a red coat and who listened to the proceedings through headphones, showed no emotion as the verdicts were read out.Sub-postmaster's 'name cleared' as convictions quashedBuilding of education campus to create 1,500 jobs
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