Former Irish Olympic swimming coach and child abuser George Gibney to be sentenced

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Former Irish Olympic swimming coach George Gibney is due to be sentenced in Dublin for abusing four young female athletes in the 1970s and 1980s. He fled to the United States after the abuse, and efforts to track and extradite him continued for decades.

Gibney, 77, will face justice for abusing athletes in the 1970s and 80s after decades of effort to track and extradite him More than half a century after he started sexually abusing children, and enjoyed prestige as Ireland’s Olympic swimming coach before fleeing to the United States, George Gibney is to face justice. The 77-year-old is to be sentenced at the central criminal court in Dublin on Monday for abusing four young female athletes in the 1970s and 1980s. Continue reading...