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Christian Brothers
plural noun
- RC Church a religious congregation of laymen founded in France in 1684 for the education of the poor Also calledBrothers of the Christian Schools
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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