Irish Jesuits Apologise: Fr. Joseph Marmion, The Monster of Belvedere
This is the face of a monster. This is the man who the Jesuit Order in Ireland recently admitted ‘abused boys sexually, emotionally and physically while he was on the teaching staff at Belvedere College in the 1970s’. His name was Fr Joseph Marmion SJ, ordained in 1957. He was a predatory paedophile and bully, not just of boys, but of fellow Jesuits and lay teachers. All his victims are now in their 50s and 60s. It's taken that long for the Irish Jesuits to offer some transparency & closure to Marmion's victims. In the statement the Provincial of the Order, Fr Leonard Moloney SJ, said: ‘In our communications, he made it clear to me that he was concerned for others who may also have suffered and that they should be proactively offered a response and support. ‘This man also conveyed to me that he believed others who were abused may be helped by the recognition that they too were dreadfully harmed. ‘He asked that we name his abuser... publicly and that we make this informa...