Former 'singing' priest Tony Walsh faces a maximum sentence of two years in prison for raping a child.
Walsh, 62, committed the offences before the Criminal Law (Rape) Amendment Act came into effect in 1990, meaning that the maximum penalty the judge can impose on each offence is two years.
He was charged with indecent assault as that was the offence which existed at the time.
Walsh told the jury during his trial last month that he never knew the boy and said he never assaulted him.
Walsh, formerly of North Circular Road in Dublin had pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to five counts of indecently assaulting the boy on dates between January 1980 and December 1982.
The boy was aged between 10 and 13 years old at the time of the abuse.
The jury of two women and ten men returned verdicts of guilty on all counts.
Today, Garda Tara Corrigan told Fiona McGowan BL, prosecuting, that Walsh has 17 previous convictions, from 1995 to 2015, for indecently assaulting young boys and one girl.
Walsh fought two trials and pleaded guilty to the other offences. He is currently serving a sentence and is not due for release until 2021.
Judge Elma Sheahan adjourned the case to allow Ciaran O'Loughlin SC, defending, submit relevant case law.
