The man who will receive damages of 115 pounds for the sexual abuse of the school

A man who claimed to have been sexually abused by a priest while attending a school in Newry in the 1980s is to receive 115,000 pounds in damage.

The case of the high court claimed that he was challenged by the late Father Malachy Finegan, who was a former director at St Colman’s College.

The priest, who died in 2002, was accused of a long campaign of sexual abuse of children, but was never being prosecuted or interrogated by the police regarding the claims made against him.

The applicant, who is not appointed, sued the Dromore Diocese together with the agents and the Board of Directors of the school.

The applicant also received legal costs as part of the settlement.

The defendants did not admit the responsibility.

It is the most recent in a series of settlements touched by people who reported that they have been sexually abused by finegen while working as a teacher in Newry.

He was also accused of abusing young boys during his term as a priest Clonduff in Hilltown, the county down.

The first settlement was reported in 2018, in which stage the Council of Governors of the School condemned the abuse caused by Finegan while working there.

They also eliminated the priest’s image from the school photos at that time.

In this case, the man’s lawyers stated that Finegan cared for and isolated the client with other children in St Colman, before subjecting him to severe sexual aggression.

Following the solution, the man’s lawyer, Owen Winters of the KRW law, said he can now continue his “healing process”.

“Unfortunately, for many victims and survivors of historical sexual abuse, in general, closure remains as evasive as always,” he continued.

“The memories of the abuse have committed them never fade.”

Mr. Winters added: “More precisely for many, the horrible inheritance left by Finegan is as great as in those years ago, when he abused children weekly.

“A damage check, welcome as it is, will never delete this inheritance.”