A former Olympic swimming coach in Ireland will be sentenced for sexually abusing young female athletes during the 1970s and 1980s, decades after fleeing the country. Authorities successfully tracked and extradited the 77-year-old from the United States to face charges related to his decades-long pattern of abuse. The case marks a long-overdue reckoning for survivors who have spent years seeking justice. The sentencing is set to take place in Dublin’s central criminal court.
Gibney, 77, will face justice for abusing athletes in the 1970s and 80s after decades of effort to track and extradite himMore 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 will be sentenced at the central criminal court in Dublin on Monday for abusing four young female athletes in the 1970s and 1980s. Continue reading...
