Francis Durning
Francis (Frank) Durning SM was a New Zealand priest of the Roman Catholic Church.[1]
Portrait of Francis Durning
Durning was born in Glasgow on 12 May 1914, and his family emigrated to New Zealand. He was ordained as a priest with the Society of Mary (Marist) on 11 December 1938.[1]
Durning taught in Catholic institutions from the 1940s through to the late 1980s, among others at:
- St Bede's College, Christchurch
- Chanel College, Moamoa, in Samoa
- St Patrick's College, Silverstream, where he was Rector of the school from 1950-1955
- St Patrick's College, Kilbirnie, Wellington
- Holy Cross College, Mosgiel
Durning died on 13 April 1999.
Order of Service from the funeral of Francis Durning
In 2018 the Society of Mary said that Francis Durning sexually abused children.[2][3]
References
- Phil Pennington,"Shock at delay in removing paedophile priest's photo", RNZ News, 4 April 2019 (Retrieved 8 May 2020)
- Phil Pennington, "Priest's sexual abuse at Upper Hutt school admitted: It's 'criminal' ", RNZ News, 24 September 2018 (Retrieved 8 May 2020)
- "Wellington Catholic school has no records of sex abuse". RNZ. 11 November 2018. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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