Sexual Abuse News

Former members of the St John Ambulance paramedic organisation have claimed that concerns about alleged child sexual abuse in the 1990s by a past senior officer were an “open secret” in the organisation for years. The abuser, who is now in his 80s, was a member of the organisation from the 1950s...

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,...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...