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Oxfam Aid Workers Face Further Allegations of Sexual Exploitation and Mismanagement
In 2018, it was revealed by The Times that sexual exploitation by Oxfam workers in Haiti, in 2010–11, had been covered up. But despite being recently cleared to apply for Government aid funds Oxfam is again facing allegations of bullying, mismanagement, and sexual exploitation by senior managers,...
Oireachtas Justice Committee Hears Submissions on Provision of Independent Legal Representation for Victims of Sexual Offences
On March 24th the Oireachtas Justice Committee began hearing evidence on the issues surrounding the giving of testimony by victims of rape and sexual assault. As well as receiving numerous submissions the committee will hear oral evidence from the Department of Justice, the Rape Crisis Network...
Further Allegations of Sexual Assault have Emerged in Relation to Irish Defence Forces
Concerns have been raised by numerous former members of the Defence Forces in relation to the manner in which allegations of sexual abuse and assault have been handled. It is claimed that there exists a culture of ignoring sexual assault. This claim is disputed by the Defence Forces. Mr Anthony O’...
Dr Geoffrey Shannon to head review Into Historical Abuse at St John Ambulance
The Board of St John Ambulance has appointed Dr Geoffrey Shannon as the head of an independent probe into the handling of historical child sex abuse allegations. Dr Shannon is a leading authority on child law and is the Governments former Special Rapporteur on Child Protection. As a result of an...
Further Victim of Fr. Joseph Marmion comes forward regarding abuse at Belvedere College
On Tuesday 2nd of March, 2021, the Jesuit Order released a statement identifying Fr. Joseph Marmion SJ who had “abused boys sexually, emotionally and physically” while he taught at Belvedere College Dublin from 1969 until 1978. The decision to identify Joseph Marmion came following contact in 2019...
Jesuit Order release name of priest who abused students at Belvedere College
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 communication between the...
French actor Gerard Depardieu was charged with rape and assault of an actress in her 20s.
Renowned French actor Gerard Depardieu (72) was charged with rape and assault of an actress in her 20s on Tuesday. The unnamed actress alleged that she was assaulted and raped by Depardieu on two separate occasions in his home in Paris in August 2018, reported by French newspaper Le Parisien and...
Former coach John McClean sentenced to an 8-year prison term for sexually abusing pupils between 1973 and 1990
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 College, as reported by The Irish...
Former Terenure College teacher admitted sexual abuse to a senior priest when questioned 25 years ago
A former teacher and rugby coach was sentenced for 27 counts of indecent assault to 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 Avenue, Harold’s Cross, Dublin,...
Retired Former Scout leader from Cork arrested for alleged sexual assault of young boys
A former scout leader from Co. Cork was arrested and charged with 26 counts of sexual assault and 1 count of attempted sexual assault of former young boys from the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland. David Barry, age 72 from Firgrove Gardens, Bishopstown, County Cork was a former scout leader and...
Former Dublin school rugby coach admits sexual abuse of 23 victims
Former Dublin school teacher and rugby coach John McClean (aged 75) pleaded guilty at the Circuit Criminal Court to 27 charges of indecent assault to young schoolboys between the period of September 1973 to June 1990. McClean admitted to sexually abusing 23 males from the school in the 1970s and...
Brother accused of Sexual Abuse left in Africa
BROTHER ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE LEFT IN AFRICAfacebooklinkedininstagramIn 2012, Brother Aidan Clohessy in the St. John of Gods Order was officially withdrawn from public ministry in Mzuzu, the third largest city in Malawi after St John of God finally prompted a Gardaí investigation circling sexual...
Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape and sexual assault
Harvey Weinstein once considered the “king of Hollywood”, has been convicted of sexual assault and rape.In October 2017, several women accused Oscar-winning Harvey Weinstein (67) of sexual assault, bribery as well as making deals to keep accusations discreet....
29-year-old man on trial for sexual assault at crèche
A twenty-nine-year-old man who worked at a crèche in Leinster has pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of sexual assault that happened between February 2015 and December 2016. He is accused of sexually assaulting four young girls who were between the ages of five and eight years old at the time of the...
Sexual abuse lawsuits caused Boy Scouts of America to file for bankruptcy
With almost 2.2 million members aged between 7 and 21 and nearly 1 million volunteers in local councils, The Boy Scouts of America (BSA), founded in 1910, is one of the largest non-profit youth organisations in the United States. Former presidents of the BSA include ex-Secretary of State Rex...
Women raped and sexually assaulted by former boyfriend in her sleep
Niamh Ní Dhomhnaill, a woman recurrently raped and sexually assaulted by her erstwhile boyfriend, Mr. Magnus Meyer Hustveit, was granted €1 million in damages by a jury at the High Court after trying to take her own life in September 2013. She took legal action utilizing civil proceedings in the...
The additional 80 claims recently announced may only be the tip of the iceberg
Update on Sexual Abuse Allegations in Scouting IrelandChildren’s Minister, Katherine Zappone, stated yesterday that there have been an additional 80 people who have contacted the Scouts helpline within the last week. The Minister also added that she will get a verified update on the number of...
Sexual Abuse Allegations in Scouting Ireland
Update on Sexual Abuse Allegations in Scouting Ireland The current review of abuse Allegations within the organisation Scouting Ireland has revealed abuse of at least 108 victims of sexual abuse in a period from the 1960's to the 1980's involving many alleged abusers. This number of abused people...
Government opposition to Fianna Fáil motion on abuse victim redress
Primary school children victims of sexual abuse could seek redress from the State A motion put forward by Fianna Fáil to ensure all survivors of child sex abuse in primary school can seek redress from the State is being opposed by the Government has been opposed by the...
FORMER SURGEON MICHAEL SHINE SENTENCED TO 20 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR INDECENT ASSAULT OF TEENAGE BOYS
FORMER SURGEON MICHAEL SHINE SENTENCED TO 20 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR INDECENT ASSAULT OF TEENAGE BOYS Michael Shine, a retired surgeon, 85, has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for indecently assaulting two teenage boys who were his patients in the mid-1970s. Michael Shine, 85, of Wellington Road...
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