A Jesuit priest abused boys at Belvedere College in Dublinâs city centre when he taught there in the 1970s, the congregation has confirmed, two years after being confronted by a former victim about the secrecy surrounding the case.
Fr Joseph Marmion âabused boys sexually, emotionally and physically while he was on the teaching staff at Belvedere College in the 1970sâ, the Jesuits said in a statement.
Tuesdayâs statement followed contact with the Jesuits in early 2019 by a former pupil of Belvedere College. A student at the College in the 1970s, at the age of 13 he was sexually and emotionally abused by Fr Marmion, a teacher in Belvedere from 1969 until 1978. The priest died in 2000.
A priest who abused students at one of the most prestigious schools in the country in the 1970s has been publicly named by the Jesuit order at the behest of a former pupil of Belvedere College.
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