Three Irish newspapers have apologised to a former seminarian for publishing a story that falsely accused him of being a part of a fabricated sex scandal at the Irish College in Rome.
The Irish Examiner, The Irish Times, and The Echo all issued formal apologies, acknowledging there was no truth in the matter, saying the article was “false and should not have been published.”
In May 2018, the three papers published stories alleging Conor Gannon, a seminarian at the time, had been expelled or suspended from the Irish College in Rome after being found in bed with another seminarian.
