clerical-abuse

Pope apologises to Blackrock College abuse survivors David Ryan and his late brother Mark – The Irish Times

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For David Ryan, Monday February 2nd, 2026, will live long in his memory. “What an experience. I’ll never forget it, never, never forget it,” he said. It was the day a pope apologised to him personally for the abuse he, his late brother Mark and their friend Aidan Moore suffered as children at the Spiritan-run … Read more

Former Belvedere pupil says Jesuit teacher Jack Leonard ‘took pleasure’ in violence – The Irish Times

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Fr John (Jack) Leonard, one of the 15 deceased Jesuits named by the order on Wednesday as having been the subject of child sex abuse complaints, was “a bully and violent and took pleasure in it,” a former student of Belvedere College, Dublin, has said. “He walked around with a leather strap in his pocket … Read more