While pointing to parts of the women’s bodies, Fr Marmion asked the then schoolboy if he “knew what they were for” and quizzed him about what he knew of “the facts of life”, goading him that another boy said he did not. The former pupil said he believed he was being interviewed or screened for suitability for sexual abuse, though he was not subsequently abused. He said Fr Marmion would walk into a classroom as a lesson was underway and the priest taking the class “would be cowering” in his presence. Fr Marmion then called out the name of a boy to come out of the class and accompany him to his office to be shown the video. The former Clongowes pupil, now retired, recalled Fr Marmion was the “prefect of studies” and oversaw other priests, adding he had “a reputation that was feared” and was “the main punisher”.

Source: The Irish Times March 06, 2021 01:00 UTC