Sexual Abuse News

The Department of Health has been advised by the Attorney General not to publish the full Brandon report, the sexual abuse of residents.

Former scout leader sentenced to prison for five years pleading guilty to 29 charges of sexually and indecently assaulting ten boys.

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, from 2010 to 2011, 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...

On March 24th, the Oireachtas Justice Committee began hearing evidence on the issues surrounding giving testimony by victims of rape and sexual assault. As well as receiving numerous submissions, the committee will listen to 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 Irish Defence Forces. Mr....

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. Geoffrey Shannon is a leading authority on child law and is the Government's former Special Rapporteur on Child Protection. As a...

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 Fr. Joseph Marmion came to the following...

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 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, reported by French newspaper Le...

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...

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 Avenue, Harold’s Cross,...

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...