Notorious Irish sex offender tracked to Florida

PATRICK ROBERTS,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Sunday, January 24, 2010, 8:04 AM

Updated Saturday, February 13, 2010, 5:18 PM

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One of Ireland's most notorious sex offenders is living freely in Florida, it has been revealed.

Former Irish national swimming coach George Gibney, now 63, left Ireland in 1994 after a case against him alleging 27 pedophile incidents collapsed because of the length of time that had elapsed since the incidents allegedly happened.

Since he fled four new complaints have been made by people who say Gibney abused them when they were young swimmers, the Irish Sunday Times has revealed.

Police sent the files to the Department of Public Prosecution but no extradition warrant has been sought.

Now Child AbuseWatch, a protection agency in the US, has distributed "sex offender notification" leaflets in Enterprise Cove, Florida, a gated community near Orange City where Gibney lives.

The Irish-born head of the agency Evin Daly has stated they are trying to have Gibney deported from the U.S. "Anyone applying to get into the US has to fill in a form which specifically asks if you’ve ever been arrested or accused of a crime,” said Daly, who believes Gibney lied on the form.

In November a woman approached Irish police with new allegations that she was molested by Gibney when she was a child, and made a formal statement.

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pastorpaul | Jul 14, 2011, 07:45 AM EDT

Keep up the good work. This guy got off on a technical ruling, only becuase at the time the courts and the police were inexperienced. In essence his defence was that as time had passed in some cases 14 years , he did not have access to his diaries. The illogicality of this is that he would have been unlikley to make an entry saying " abused X today". The police were convinced that he would plead guilty so in my view ( i know many of the victims so have first hand knowledge) they made too many assumptions. Gibney got away but the experience I believe has been what spurred our police onto handle this things much better and also our courts. Delay in bringing an accusation is no longer a bar to seeing justice. When you think of Gibney think monster, lock up your kids if he is in your state never mind you town.

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2BorNot2B | Feb 01, 2010, 07:15 PM EST

Looks like pedophilia is an Irish tradition, no? Anyone like to throw some more brick-bats at the Catholic Church alone? How 'bout Portia666, the crystal worshipping new-age witch who's on a long run of rabid resentment against her favorite target?

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Bridgetftmyers | Jan 25, 2010, 04:24 PM EST

WHERE IN Florida ??? Would like to interview him !!!! Will get back to you on this .

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beachline | Jan 25, 2010, 02:37 PM EST

Sixteen years (1994-2010) have passed since Gibney left Ireland and reportadly settled in Florida. Why didn't the Irish authorities contact Florida Law Enforcement and request extradition???? Maybe this is a case of "good riddance to bad rubbish" , he is out of our hands now and is someone elses problem.

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Searlit | Jan 25, 2010, 10:40 AM EST

Truly one of the worst crimes against humanity.

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Portia777 | Jan 25, 2010, 09:10 AM EST

These predators all have that same glazed look in their eyes, like they are not even here.

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MAGHNUS | Jan 24, 2010, 11:03 PM EST

probably won't still be living freely in florida after all the Irish Americans read this article...well, hell, anyone for that matter....don't deport him, just bury him.

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