The history of illegal adoptions in Ireland has again come to the fore following the publication of the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes in January. Previously in 2018, the Government had promised to take action in the cases of 126...
Belvedere College School, Dublin, has publicly named a Jesuit Priest, Father Joseph Marmion SJ, “who abused boys sexually emotionally and physically” during his time as a teacher at the School from 1969 until 1978. The decision to name Joseph Marmion came following...
Renowned French actor Gerard Depardieu (72) was charged with the rape and assault of an actress in her 20s on Tuesday. The unnamed actress alleged that she was assaulted and raped by Gerard Depardieu on two separate occasions in his home in Paris in August 2018,...
On Thursday, 18 February 2021, John McClean (76) from Casimir Avenue, Harold’s Cross, Dublin, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment with the final three years suspended, after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting 23 pupils between 1973 and 1990 in Terenure...
A former teacher and rugby coach was sentenced for 27 counts of indecent assault on 23 schoolboys aged between 12 and 17 at Terenure College in South Dublin between 1973 to 1990, as reported by the Independent. From 1966 to 1996, Mr. John McClean (76) of Casimir...