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Eugene Greene
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Eugene Greene was a Catholic priest in the Raphoe diocese of the County Donegal, Ireland.[1] In 1999, he was arrested for abusing 26 boys between 1965 and 1992.[2][3] In 2000, Greene was sentenced to 12 years in prison, of which he only served nine. He was released in 2008.[4]
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From 1965 to 1975, Greene served with the Kiltegan Fathers in Nigeria.[1][5] After returning to Ireland in 1975,[1] he was a curate in Gweedore.[5] Following this, he served in Killybegs, Lettermacaward, Gortahork, Glenties, Kilmacrennan and Annagry.[5] In Gortahork, he sexually abused 16 boys between 1976 and 1981.[1]
In December 1997, Greene went to the Irish police to report that he was being blackmailed by a man he had previously abused.[6] After investigating Greene's claims, the police laid charges on Greene for past sexual abuse of young boys.[6][7]
In April 2000, Greene pleaded guilty to a set of forty sample charges issued by government prosecutors for abusing 26 boys between 1965 and 1982. He was sentenced to twelve years in prison.[8] He was released in 2008 after serving nine years.[9][10]
Greene died at the end of 2018.[11]
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