He had also told the pope about the abuse he suffered as a child at the Jesuit-run St Declan’s school on Dublin’s Northumberland Road. David Ryan with a photograph of his late brother Mark before his meeting with Pope Leo. Photograph: Colm FlynnRyan presented Pope Leo with six questions he wanted answers to but did not feel it appropriate to say what those questions were, just yet. Ryan believed his brother Mark “would be so proud”. As it was St Brigid’s weekend, Ryan presented the pope with a lapel pin of a St Brigid’s cross.

Source: The Irish Times February 03, 2026 13:19 UTC