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Christian Brothers

plural noun

  1. RC Church a religious congregation of laymen founded in France in 1684 for the education of the poor Also calledBrothers of the Christian Schools
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A former teacher and member of the Order of Christian Brothers has gone on trial accused of historical sex offences against school boys.

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He later moved to the Abbey Christian Brothers Primary School in Newry from 1966 to 1973 before returning to the school in 1987 as headmaster until his retirement in 1998.

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Mr Dunleavy also taught at St Aiden's Christian Brothers Primary School off the Whiterock Road in west Belfast between 1973 and 1977, later becoming its headmaster between 1980 and 1985.

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Opening the prosecution case at Belfast Crown Court, Neil Connor KC said Mr Dunleavy taught at schools across Northern Ireland from 1955 until his retirement in 1998 while a member of the Order of Christian Brothers.

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He told the jury of six men and six women that Mr Dunleavy was a teacher at Armagh Christian Brothers Primary School between 1960 and 1966.

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