by Coleman Legal LLP | Mar 3, 2021 | Sexual Abuse Law
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...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Feb 24, 2021 | Sexual Abuse Law
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,...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Feb 21, 2021 | Sexual Abuse Law
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...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Feb 20, 2021 | Sexual Abuse Law
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...
by Coleman Legal LLP | Jan 18, 2021 | Mother and Baby Home Redress
The release of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation in Mother and Baby Homes on Tuesday the 12th January 2021 highlighted the poor practices and conditions of living and treatment that the mothers and babies had received in the mother-and-baby homes...