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Malachy

/ ˈmæləˌkaɪ /

noun

  1. Saint. 1094–1148, Irish prelate; he became Archbishop of Armagh (1132) and founded (1142) the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland. Feast day: Nov 3

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"Malachy Finegan took a vulnerable boy at a vulnerable time in my life, groomed me and then abused me for his own pleasure," he said after the case settled.

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Sean Faloon said he was repeatedly abused by the late Fr Malachy Finegan in Clonduff parochial house in Hilltown, County Down.

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Mr Gribben was abused by Father Malachy Finegan, who died in 2002.

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He highlights a number of questions in his case, which he feels need to be examined – such as whether Father Malachy Finegan was a police informer during the conflict in Northern Ireland, and how he was "packed off" to a rural parish where he was accused of continuing his abuse.

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Sean Faloon is one of several people who were abused as children by the late priest, Fr Malachy Finegan.

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