‘Serious dereliction of duty’ by gardaí investigating Kenneally – inquiry report
There was a “clear and serious dereliction of duty” by gardaí in the case of paedophile Bill Kenneally, a public inquiry has found.
Kenneally, in his early 70s and formerly of Summerville Avenue, Waterford city, is serving a prison term after pleading guilty to 10 sample counts of indecently assaulting 10 boys at various locations in Waterford in the 1980s.
A Commission of Investigation examined the response of gardaí, Basketball Ireland, politicians and members of the Catholic Church to allegations of sexual abuse made against the former Waterford basketball coach.
The Waterford division of An Garda Síochána in the 1970s and 1980s had no experience and no idea how to prevent or prosecute someone like Bill Kenneally
Kenneally gave evidence to the public inquiry, chaired by retired judge Michael White, and said he told two senior gardaí in the boardroom of a Garda station on December 30th, 1987 “what I...
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