The Jesuits in Ireland have publicly named 15 deceased members as probable child sex abusers, following an investigation into files of 37 deceased individuals facing abuse allegations. This move marks a significant departure from the Church's historical pattern of concealing such cases and highlights a new approach under Fr Shane Daly's leadership.
were likely to have been child abusers. Those are in addition to Fr Joseph Marmion, revealed as such in 2021, as well as Fr Paul Andrews and Fr Dermot Casey, both named as abusers by the congregation last year.
So it has been with the Jesuits, with the broader institutional Catholic Church, and with other churches too, as we’ve seen recently in the Church of England.NFL’s €10m shakedown of Ireland shows they’re the best-dressed welfare spongers in the worldHowever, the Jesuits are unique among Ireland’s religious congregations in taking the initiative to publicly name probable child sex abusers from among their own ranks.
Clearly the spur behind the Jesuits taking this somewhat different route has been its new provincial Fr Shane Daly , appointed in February 2023. A late vocation, ordained just 10 years ago in 2015, he is of a different generation to many predecessors.
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