Ivan Payne
Ivan Payne (born August 1943) is an
Career
He was ordained a priest in 1967 and was attached to the
Sex abuses
Payne was convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 26 January 1998 of 14 sample charges of sexually abusing eight boys aged between 11 and 14 years old between 1968 and 1987. The abuse took place while the victims were patients in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin in 1991 while Payne was hospital chaplain. He was originally sentenced to six years with four years suspended, but the Director of Public Prosecutions appealed the sentence on grounds of leniency.[3]
He also abused altar boys in Cabra.[4] He served 4½ years in jail and was released in October 2002.[5] The Archdiocese provides Payne with accommodation and an income equivalent to that of a retired priest. He remains a priest but is not allowed to say Mass or administer sacraments.[6]
Archdiocese loan
In May 1995, Connell told RTÉ that he had paid no money in compensation to any victim of clerical child sexual abuse. He threatened to sue RTÉ "to say that we paid compensation is completely untrue". He never did sue.[9]
Commission of Inquiry into child sexual abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese
The
See also
- Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal
- Roman Catholic priests accused of sex offences
- Crimen sollicitationis
- Pontifical Secret
References
- Evening Herald, Claire Murphy, 24 February 2009, retrieved 23 October 2009
- ^ Paedophile priest goes to ground Archived 7 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Linda Elias, Western Mail, 1 March 2009
- ^ Court increases priest's sentence in sex abuse case, RTÉ News, 27 July 1999, retrieved 23 October 2009
- ^ "Priest admits indecent assault on boy". The Irish Times. 27 January 1998. Retrieved 12 August 2006. [dead link]
- ^ Fr Payne eludes media as he walks free in darkness, Bernie O'Toole and Fiona Dillon, Irish Independent, 28 October 2002, retrieved 23 October 2009
- ^ "Sex abuse priest Ivan Payne to be released from jail". The Irish Times. 25 October 2002. Retrieved 12 June 2006. [dead link]
- ^ "Payne got £30,000 church loan". The Irish Times. 24 June 1998. Retrieved 12 August 2006. [dead link]
- ^ Church gave sex claim priest pay-off money, Alan Murdoch, The Independent (London), 30 September 1995, retrieved 23 October 2009
- ^ "Abusive priests moved from parish to parish as complaints ignored". The Irish Times. 9 November 2005.
- ^ "Minister announces start of Commission of Inquiry into Dublin Archdiocese" (Press release). Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. 28 March 2006. Archived from the original on 7 February 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2006.