Jesuits confirm 10 allegations of abuse by paedophile priest Marmion at Limerick's Crescent College

Paedophile priest Joseph Marmion. Picture: RTÉ

The Jesuit order has confirmed that it is aware of 10 allegations of either sexual or physical/emotional abuse by paedophile priest Joseph Marmion while he was a teacher at Crescent College in Limerick City in the 1950s and 1960s.

It is the first confirmation by the Jesuits of the number of allegations against Marmion in respect of Crescent College, which was also known as Sacred Heart College SJ, and previously located at The Crescent, in Limerick.