Former pupil says he was physically and sexually abused by a priest for a year
He was minded to go public following a statement from the Blackrock Union which represents past pupils of the school.who were repeatedly sexually abused both in and around the grounds of Blackrock College. These abusers were from the community of the Holy Ghost Order who run the college. The order is now known as the Spiritans.
“I’m not quite sure I missed a day when I would have to visit his office after school at the end of the hall on the 5th-year corridor, as I remembered it,” he told The Irish Times. Mr O’Dwyer, who has lived in the United States since 1984, said there is a need for a “permanent independent watchdog overlooking and taking seriously any future complaints that may occur in an all-boys school.
Michael told Liveline that Fr O’Byrne had abused him in the swimming pool of Blackrock College and then in his private rooms in the priests’ quarters during the 1970s and early 1980s. “If they didn’t confront him and ask why there was a young child in his bedroom, they were either complicit in it or there was a culture of cover-up and intimidation where the people who lived there did not speak about it.”
Michael said it was right that the legacy of abuse was tarnishing the reputation of Blackrock College given its status as one of the most elite schools in the county.
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