Seán Fortune
Seán Fortune (* 1954 in Gorey ; † March 13, 1999 ) was a priest of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland who took advantage of his position to gain access to children and to sexually abuse them .
Fortune was assaulted during his training at St Peter's College in Wexford , Diocese of Ferns , but it is not clear whether the diocese was aware of it, as noted in the Ferns Report . In Dublin, Fortune ran a public relations media business.
Fortune has served as minister in the localities of Fethard on Sea in County Wexford , Belfast and Dundalk . Complaints were made at all three locations. Letters to Bishop Donal Herlihy and his successor Brendan Comiskey were ineffective.
One of the victims was the future politician Colm O'Gorman , who became active in 1995. He later received € 300,000 in compensation from the church.
Sean and Sheila Cloney summed up a number of cases. Fortune has been charged with 66 sexual abuse cases involving 29 victims. On March 13, 1999 , Fortune killed itself with a mixture of drugs and alcohol.
The documentary Suing the Pope , broadcast by the BBC in March 2002, dealt with the Seán Fortune case.
- “The Catholic Church did not tell the locals that Fr Fortune was a brutal, predatory pedophile. They organized delegations to two Bishops - wrote to the Papal Nuncio and the Vatican. The church promised it would do something. It never did. "
- “The Catholic Church didn't tell the locals that Brother Fortune was a brutal, predatory pedophile. They organized delegations to two bishops, wrote to the papal envoy and to the Vatican. The church promised to do something. She never did. "
The Ferns Report reports that two of its victims later committed suicide.
Individual evidence
- ^ Breda O'Brien: Bleeding the Church. June 2002 ( online )
- ↑ Ferns Report, pp. 153-54
- ↑ We were slaves. In: Spiegel, June 8, 2009 ( online )
- ^ Suing the Pope. In: BBC online, March 19, 2002 ( online )
literature
- Alison O'Connor: A Message from Heaven: The Life and Crimes of Father Sean Fortune , 2000, ISBN 0863222706
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fortune, Seán |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish Catholic priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gorey |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1999 |