Malachy Finegan: Man Accepts £170k in Damages over Sex Abuse

Malachy Finegan: Man accepts £170k in damages over sex abuse

A former St Colman's College pupil sues over assaults inflicted by the late Fr Malachy Finegan.

Man accepts £170k in damages over sex abuse

Pacemaker The late Fr Malachy Finegan was accused of a long campaign of child sexual abuse but was never prosecuted or questioned by police A man who claimed a paedophile priest groomed and abused him at a school in Newry city is to receive £170,000 in damages. It forms part of a settlement reached in his High Court action over historic physical and sexual assaults inflicted by the late Fr Malachy Finegan. He will also be given a written apolog…