IRELAND
Irish Independent
TIM HEALY – 20 JANUARY 2014
A PRIEST who was cleared of allegations he had engaged in sexually inappropriate behaviour with a student in a school where he is a teacher has been granted an injunction preventing his replacement as school chaplain.
The High Court heard today the priest fears moves are afoot by the secondary school’s board of management to replace him as chaplain despite the fact that an investigation exonerated him.
Counsel for the priest said he was put on administrative leave in October 2012 from his teaching/chaplaincy position in the school following the allegation.
Following a disciplinary investigation, he was cleared. The school board then sought that he undergo a risk assessment conducted by a social worker.
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