Former pupils speak about abuse at Belvedere College in Dublin and Coláiste Iognáil in Galway
‘I begged my parents to take me out of the school but they wouldn’t': Survivors on their abuse at the hands of JesuitsThe Jesuits have so far named 14 deceased members who worked at Belvedere College and were believed to be involved in child sex abuse. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photosin Dublin as a student contributed to the traumatic brain injury he now suffers from, according to former student Mark Clancy .
The report is not clear as to whether child sex abuse complaints against another two members who had worked in the school include complaints relating to Belvedere. His view of the Jesuit order is that it knew at the time of the abuse and that claims it has made since “are a work of fiction”. He believes the congregation is using its safeguarding and redress schemes as a way of “making people go away”.
The abusers were known at the time, said the man, who himself was not abused but saw other children being sexually molested in class by Jesuit priest Brendan Kearney, who was named in the February report. “Given the evidence, over a long period of time, from different countries, you must ask if these people, as an institution, can be trusted to be in charge of children.”
Both former students of the Galway school were critical of how they have been treated by the Jesuits since they got in contact to complain about the priest.
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