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Wed 04 Apr 1997Paedophile priest affirms guilty pleas to 74 charges
FATHER Brendan Smyth has affirmed guilty pleas at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 74 charges of indecent and sexual assaults on 20 victims over a 35-year period to 1993.
He was remanded in continuing custody to July 21st by Judge Cyril Kelly for sentence and the hearing of evidence. Some of the victims may also give evidence of the effect of his offending on them, the court was told.
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