A former boxing coach who raped and sexually abused five teenage boys was today jailed for six and a half years.
Frank Mulligan (63), Mulladuff, Smithboro, Co Monaghan, made some of his victims pray before and after the sex attacks, which he claimed were “God’s will”.
Mulligan pleaded guilty to buggery of three boys and sexual and indecent assault of two others between January 1989 and July 2002.
Mulligan is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for abusing two other boys.
Judge Catherine Delhunt said today Mulligan abused the faith put in him by young boys and their families.
“You tired to hide these heinous crimes with a veil of religion,” she told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Judge Delahunt sentenced Mulligan to six and a half years each on two indictments to run con-currently, back dated to May this year when he pleaded guilty. He must also undergo post release supervision for seven years.