October 27, 2005

Fortune abused children while a seminarian

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Fr Seán Fortune

Fr Seán Fortune, who took his own life in March 1999 while facing 66 charges of child sex abuse and rape, had abused children while a seminarian in Co Wexford, according to the Ferns inquiry.

The report sets out more than 20 allegations of abuse of young people from his time as a seminarian and throughout his time working as a priest in Belfast, Dundalk and Wexford.

In two cases families claimed that young people had killed themselves because of Fr Fortune's abuse.

Posted by kshaw at October 27, 2005 03:17 PM