A former Catholic priest who abused children in County Kerry and in Dublin has been jailed for nearly four years in England for indecently assaulting boys over a 12-year period.
Noel Barrett , 62, assaulted the youngsters while a priest in Middlesbrough, Hull, County Kerry and Dublin, Teesside Crown Court was told.
Judge George Moorhouse said Barrett , of Lawrence Street, York, had let the church down and shamed himself.
He added: "You, as a parish priest, were in a position of trust. It enabled you to befriend the families, acquiring their friendship and trust, and you did so to your own advantage. You have let the church down and the families and brought shame to yourself."
Barrett pleaded guilty to 15 indecent assaults on two boys aged between nine and 11 from April 1973 to September 1976, when he was at St Joseph's Church in Middlesbrough. He asked for 16 other indecent assaults to be taken into consideration between 1971 and 1983.