BELFAST (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Belfast Telegraph
March 2, 2018
Police have set up a dedicated task force to investigate complaints about the paedophile priest Father Malachy Finnegan.
The priest who died in 2002 was accused of the sexual abuse of 12 children while at St Coleman’s College in Newry. He was a teacher at the school from 1967 to 1976 and was later its president for 11 years.
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Detective Superintendent Deirdre Bones, PSNI Public Protection Branch said: “The PSNI has set up a dedicated team to investigate complaints of clerical and institutional abuse involving Father Malachy Finnegan.
“I would appeal to anyone who has been the victim of physical or sexual abuse to report it to the Public Protection Branch in PSNI, who will deal with their reports sensitively and confidentially.”
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