Two seminarians at the Irish College in Rome have been sent home by the rector after being found in bed together. In August 2016, the Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin said he would no longer send trainee priests from the diocese to St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, because of a worrying “atmosphere” at the national seminary. Earlier in 2016, there was controversy at St Patrick’s College when a seminarian who claimed he found two colleagues in bed together was dismissed. It followed an inquiry into allegations by the two seminarians alleged to have been in bed together that he was bullying them and talking about them. In 2009, a complaint was made to Maynooth authorities by a seminarian from Dublin alleging sexual harassment against another adult at St Patrick’s College.

Source: The Irish Times May 11, 2018 13:11 UTC