The sexual abuser who was born with Thalidomide defects.

Another instance of boards.ie absolutely covering itself in glory with quality of discourse on show -

Jay

Sus.

what a load of boXXo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_MacMurrough_Kavanagh

the mother was a visionary for this, by not let him into potty party victim mood

His mother insisted that he be brought up and have opportunities like any other child[4] and placed him in the care of the doctor Francis Boxwell, who believed that an armless and legless child could live a productive life.

It's an unfortunate reality for many victims of sexual abuse that their abusers are often protected by other family members or carers or society in general. It's a dynamic that's pervasive in dealing with crimes of a sexual nature and why so many cases of abuse never get heard.

We have an image of the ideal abuser, usually a man with a history of criminal behavior, violence and possible addiction and mental health issues and the perfect victim, generally a viginally innocent woman unable to defend herself from a much stronger and more violent offender.

The reality is usually much closer to that in the case outlined above. There are blurred lines and victim blaming, infused with shame embarrassment and guilt. Often the predatory behaviour has been sanctioned and legitimised and in that way normalised to the extent that the victims barely recognise that what happened was actual abuse.

Disabilty often implies either silently or overtly a level of mitigation ,either out of sympathy or an erroneous sense of lack of culpability but to address the specific issue of disabilty and sexual abuse in this context, I imagine it was due to the fact that he was considered responsible and capable enough to be held accountable due to his academic and lofty social standing. Otherwise unfortunately, this would just be another case of sympathy for the devil.

What the hell is wrong with you to come up with this?

'weak-mindedness', really?

They were minors and you are victim-blaming. A thoroughly despicable post of which you should be ashamed.

Four of the six boys were students or former students of his at the time at CBC Monkstown in south Dublin.

Look up 'grooming'

Also one cannot consent to sexual acts while one is asleep

Very different attitudes in those days and a lot of naivete among parents.

There was a court case recently in relation to historic abuse where a young boy was sent to stay overnight with the local priest as he was "unwell" and the parents thought nothing of this. That would seem totally bizarre now, but apparently not 40 years ago.