BELFAST (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Irish News
February 9, 2018
A man who was sexually abused by a priest as a child said the cleric warned it would “ruin” his life if he spoke out.
Sean Faloon from Hilltown was a 10-year-old altar boy when he was first abused by Fr Malachy Finnegan.
Fr Finnegan, who died in 2002, also abused boys at St Colman’s College in Newry.
He taught at the school from 1973 to 1976 and was school president between 1976 and 1987.
The first of 12 abuse allegations was reported to the Diocese of Dromore in 1994.
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