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Sat 11 Nov 2002Brother to be placed in institutionThe 76-year-old Brother of Charity who was jailed for 36 years for sexually abusing young boys in his care in the 1950s and 1960s is to be freed from prison next week. He will be placed in an institution, the name of which will not be released.Brother John O'Shea, the Irish Superior of the Brothers of Charity Order, said that the publicity surrounding the case had made it almost impossible for the order to transfer James Kelly.