michael molloy Child Sexual Abuser

July 2014 Child abuse images priest in computer course shock MEET the pervert ex-priest who is taking a State-sponsored computer course where he has access to the internet – despite being convicted for possession of child abuse images Sex beast Michael Molloy (47) can be seen getting into his car at the Cavan Innovation and Technology Centre (CITC) in Cavan town on Friday.

The defrocked priest is currently part of a small group of students taking the Level 3 computer training course in a small building rented from the CITC.

The course includes modules on databases, spreadsheets, powerpoint, email and the internet.

However, at least one of the students on the course is techy savvy and has experience in the use of computers.

In 2009, Molloy, from Clifferna in Co Cavan, was sentenced to five years in prison for possession of indecent images of children and for sexually abusing an under-age boy.

The priest – who has since been defrocked – videoed the schoolboy on his mobile phone as he performed a sex act on him.

Shockingly, the sick abuse was carried out at the same time Molloy was attending a child protection course run by the Catholic church as it attempted to clean up its image.

After he was reported to gardai, the then Cavan General Hospital chaplain launched a campaign to discredit his victim, describing him as “a liar” and “a fantasist”.

When confronted by the Sunday World, Molloy refused to comment on whether it was appropriate that he was studying computers.

“I have nothing to say, thank you,” he said.

A source insisted that Molloy’s presence on the course has caused some disquiet.

Molloy became the first Cavan cleric to be convicted of child sex offences since Fr Brendan Smyth when he was jailed in 2009.

Cavan Circuit Criminal Court heard how Molloy had sent the boy sexually explicit mobile phone text messages and showed him pornographic DVDs.

The offences took place at a number of locations, including at a parochial house, on dates in 2006 and 2007, when the boy was in his early teens.

The court heard that offences took place before Molloy became a full-time chaplain at the hospital, and that he was removed from active ministry when he was arrested in September 2007.

The court also heard the boy was unaware that he had been recorded while performing oral sex until the footage, which was on the priest’s mobile phone, was shown to him as part of the garda investigation.

Molloy also tried to claim that the boy had initiated things.

In court, Judge John O’Hagan said there was the sense of a “huge breach of trust” in the case.

He said the main aggravating factor was the constant denial by Molloy that he had done anything wrong.

He jailed him for five years for defilement of a child under 15, three years for defilement of a child under 17 years and three years for the possession of the recording on the mobile phone of the boy.

Molloy’s computer was seized by gardai as part of the investigation and this would later become the centre of a national controversy.

On September 14, 2007, a team of gardai acting under warrant seized the computer hard-drive from Molloy’s residence at his parochial house in Co Cavan.

Later in 2009, Molloy pleaded guilty to two sample charges of defilement of a boy in his early teens and one of possession of child pornography.

However, Molloy only pleaded guilty to a child porn charge relating to his mobile phone because the computer hard drive was lost by the gardai.

October 2013 Pervert priest back on the street This is the pervert ex-priest who has shocked locals by returning to the scene of his sick sex crimes.

Paedophile Michael Molloy looks annoyed as he is confronted at the door of his family home in Clifferna, Co.

Cavan, this week.

In 2009, Molloy (47), was sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing an underage boy and for possession of child abuse images.

The balding cleric – who has since been defrocked – even videoed the schoolboy on his mobile phone as he performed a sex act on him.

Shockingly, the sick abuse was carried out at the same time Molloy was attending a child protection course run by church bosses as they attempted to clean up after a wave of clerical sex abuse.

After he was reported to gardai, the then Cavan General Hospital chaplain launched a campaign to discredit his victim, describing him as “a liar” and “a fantasist”.

But now Molloy has returned to the same county where the abuse took place following his recent release from Arbour Hill prison.

He is currently working on the family farm just outside the village of Clifferna, 10 miles from Bailieborough.

A local source claimed people are “very worried” about the presence of a sex offender in the quiet rural community.

When confronted about the abuse by the Sunday World on Wednesday, Molloy said he had nothing to say to his neighbours: “I don’t want to talk.

No comment.” Molloy comes from a well-respected family who have been involved in farming in the area for generations.

Molloy became the first Co.

Cavan cleric to be convicted of child sex offences since Fr Brendan Smyth.

Cavan Circuit Criminal Court heard how Molloy had sent the boy sexually explicit mobile phone text messages and showed him pornographic DVDs.

The offences took place at a number of locations, including at a parochial house, on dates in 2006 and 2007, when the boy was in his early teens at the time.

The court heard that offences took place before Molloy became a full-time chaplain at the hospital, and that he was removed from active ministry when he was arrested in September 2007.

Initially, he told gardai the boy was “a liar” and “a fantasist” and the garda sergeant leading the investigation said that it was only when “he was put to the pin of his collar” that he admitted the incidents took place.

The court heard the boy was unaware that he had been recorded while performing oral sex until the footage was shown to him as part of the investigation.

Speaking to the Sunday World, one local said parents living in the area are unhappy that Molloy has returned to his family home.

“People are very upset.

He is living just a few hundred metres from the local primary school.

I nearly got sick when I saw him out painting the house with not a care in the world.

We got no warning that he is coming back.”In court, the boy said the abuse had “taken away my childhood, the beginning of my teenage years and affected my relationship with people around me”.

November 2009 Priest sentenced to five years in jail A former hospital chaplain who attended courses run by the Catholic Church in child protection measures has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Fr Michael Molloy from Cavan pleaded guilty to two sample charges of defilement of a child and one of possession of child abuse images Cavan Circuit Criminal Court was told that shortly after attending the child protection course he began abusing the son of a friend.

The priest was working as a chaplain at a hospital when he was arrested two years ago although though the offences did not take place there.

He was immediately suspended from active ministry by the Church.

Sgt Kevin Gavigantold the court that the abuse came to light when the victim’s mother came across sexually explicit text messages on her son’s phone from Fr Molloy.

Fr Michael Molloy initially denied the abuse which took the form of oral sex.

In later statements the priest claimed the boy who was 14 at the time that the abuse started, had initiated the sexual contact.

However, the priest later pleaded guilty to two counts of defilement of a child as well as possession of child pornography in Cavan between September 2006 and April 2007.

The court heard that a photograph of the victim engaging in a sexual act with the priest had been found on the defendant’s phone.

The defence said that Fr Molloy was himself the victim of abuse as a child and he was under particular stress at the time of the offences.

Judge John O’Hagan said the defendant had broken the trust placed in him by his victim and family as well as the trust of the many other priests who continue to minister.

He sentenced Father Michael Molloy to five years imprisonment and placed him on the sex offender’s register.