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]
From 1965 to 1975, Greene served with the Kiltegan Fathers in Nigeria. [1] [5] After returning to Ireland in 1965, [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, he pled 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]