IRELAND
Irish Independent
CAROLINE CRAWFORD – 26 AUGUST 2013
A SOUTH AFRICAN man who claimed on the ‘Mission to Prey’ programme he had been sexually abused by an Irish Christian Brother has hit out at RTE saying he has been “very badly used”.
Tyrone Selmon claimed, on the infamous programme in 2011, that he had been abused by a now deceased cleric. While he did not name the man in question on air, in the broadcast the abuse was attributed to Brother Gerard Dillon.
In emails seen by the Irish Independent, Mr Selmon criticises RTE for its handling of the programme, and has now refused to take part in an inquiry into the matter.
Br Dillon, who was originally from Clarecastle in Co Clare, had been a teacher at the Christian Brother College in Pretoria when the alleged abuse took place. He died in South Africa in December 2005.
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