Former Christian Brother 'an evil man,' court hears

A erstwhile pupil of a secondary schoolhouse successful westbound Belfast has told a tribunal helium was physically and sexually abused by erstwhile headmaster Paul Dunleavy, who helium described arsenic "an evil, evil man".

The abuse, helium alleged, started erstwhile helium was 13 oregon 14 astatine Gort na Mona Secondary School and happened "every time oregon each different day."

The complainant is 1 of 9 men who person alleged they were abused arsenic children by the erstwhile Christian Brother.

The 88-year-old, with an code astatine Glen Road successful Belfast, denies each 37 charges of humanities intersexual maltreatment helium is accused of.

The offences, which see indecent battle and gross indecency with oregon towards a child, are alleged to person been committed connected dates betwixt 1964 and 1991.

Mr Dunleavy worked arsenic either a teacher oregon headmaster astatine 4 schools successful Belfast, Newry and Armagh.

On time 4 of the trial, the tribunal heard from a erstwhile pupil astatine 1 of those schools - Gort na Mona - which amalgamated with different schools successful 1988 to go Corpus Christi College, present called All Saints College.

In a constabulary interview, played to the jury, the erstwhile pupil said the maltreatment was carnal astatine the start.

"I retrieve him beating me," helium said.

"Just coming successful the treble doors into the school, he'd person been lasting waiting connected you, a large gangly man.

"He would person singled you out, pulled you to the side, if you were late, he'd person bushed the hands disconnected you with a large leather strap."

He said helium enjoyed schoolhouse successful archetypal and 2nd year, until the beatings began, which helium said near him "black and blue", and with reddish welts connected his hands and legs.

Then the intersexual maltreatment began, helium claimed, taking spot successful the accused's office, the toilets oregon a schoolroom nearby.

"He would person hands down your trousers," helium said.

"He would person made you propulsion down your trousers, made you interaction him, it was horrible. He touched maine each implicit down below."

The erstwhile pupil said Mr Dunleavy made him and immoderate others deterioration a boilersuit and bash jobs astir the school, similar cleaning windows and litter picking, alternatively of going to classes.

After six months to a year, helium stopped going to schoolhouse altogether.

"He was a bad, atrocious man. He destroyed me, helium destroyed my school," the erstwhile pupil said.

"I was lone a boy. Back past you conscionable got on, you didn't cognize immoderate better, present I know, helium ruined my life."

Defence barrister Gary McHugh KC cross-examined the complainant astir erstwhile helium made the archetypal ailment to the police.

He asked him wherefore helium did not archer immoderate aesculapian unit helium had been seeing astir his intelligence wellness successful the 1990s oregon 2000s astir the alleged abuse.

"I can't reply that," helium said. "I don't know."

Mr McHugh asked: "Did you marque up the complaint?"

"No, you're wrong, it happened," helium said.

Mr McHugh said: "Paul Dunleavy denies immoderate of this - beating you, sexually assaulting you. I enactment it to you that you person invented these allegations to writer radical for money."

The complainant replied: "Definitely not, it happened."

The proceedings continues.