Vincent Mercer, OP (born 1947 in

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) is a Dominican priest and former headmaster at

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. He is a convicted

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, guilty of dozens of counts of sexual abuse of children. He was also imprisoned from 2013 to 2016 for sexually assaulting a child between 1986 and 1994.

2003 case

In March 2003, Mercer pleaded guilty at

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District Court to four counts of indecent assault on a 13-year-old boy. He was given a sentence of six months imprisonment.

2005 case

He was convicted in March 2005 of 13 sample charges of indecently assaulting eight boys aged 10–13, between 1970 and 1977. He received a three-year suspended sentence at Naas Circuit Criminal Court.

2003 case

2005 case

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