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Colm O'Gorman was born on 15 July, 1966 in County Wexford, Ireland, is an Irish activist. Discover Colm O'Gorman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 15 July, 1966
Birthday 15 July
Birthplace County Wexford, Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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1966

Colm O'Gorman (born 15 July 1966) is an Irish activist and former politician.

1969

He twice stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fáil candidate in general elections: in 1969 and 1973.

1981

The abuse occurred between 1981 and 1983.

He became the first of Fortune's many victims to come forward and report the assaults to the Irish police.

1998

In 1998, he sued the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns and the Dublin Papal Nuncio, inter alia the then Pope, John Paul II, who later claimed diplomatic immunity.

1999

He founded the charity One in Four in London in 1999 and established its sister organisation in Ireland in 2002.

He is a well-known figure in Irish media as an advocate of child sexual abuse victims and a commentator and campaigner on sexual violence.

2002

In 2002, Colm O'Gorman settled near Gorey, County Wexford.

He is raising two children with his husband Paul, of whom they have joint legal guardianship.

When this was revealed it generated debate on fosterships in the Irish media.

As an adolescent in County Wexford – between the age of 15 and 17 – O'Gorman was sexually abused by Fr Seán Fortune.

He was named one of the ESB/Rehab People of the Year and received a TV3/Daily Star "Best of Irish" award in 2002, one of the Sunday Independent/Irish Nationwide People of the Year in 2003 and in the same year he was also awarded the James Larkin Justice Award by the Labour Party for his contribution to social justice in Ireland.

2003

His case against the Catholic Diocese of Ferns was settled in 2003 with an admission of negligence and the payment of damages – in April 2003, O'Gorman was awarded €300,000 damages.

O'Gorman documented his lawsuit in the BBC documentary Suing the Pope.

He successfully campaigned to set up the Ferns Inquiry, the first Irish state inquiry into clerical sexual abuse.

2006

In 2006 O'Gorman presented Sex Crimes and the Vatican for the BBC Panorama documentary series, which claimed that the Vatican has used Crimen sollicitationis secret document to silence allegations of sexual abuse by priests and also claimed Crimen sollicitationis was enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became Pope Benedict XVI.

In April 2006, he announced that he would stand for the Progressive Democrats, a pro-free market liberal political party, in the 2007 general election in the Wexford constituency.

2007

He was a Senator in 2007, representing the Progressive Democrats.

Colm O'Gorman was born in County Wexford.

His father was Seán O'Gorman, of Adamstown, County Wexford – a farmer, builder and local Fianna Fáil politician.

Seán O'Gorman was a member of Wexford County Council, and later moved with his family to live in Wexford town.

On 3 May 2007, he was appointed to the Seanad by the Taoiseach to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Kate Walsh.

He was not elected in the 2007 general election in Wexford polling 3% of the vote.

He was not re-appointed to the 23rd Seanad in July 2007.

2008

He was the executive director of Amnesty International Ireland from 2008 to 2022.

He is founder and former director of One in Four.

He is a survivor of clerical sexual abuse, and first came to public attention by speaking out against the perpetrators.

O'Gorman subsequently founded One in Four, an Irish charity which supports men and women who have been sexually abused and/or suffered sexual violence.

O'Gorman was the executive director of Amnesty International Ireland from 2008 to 2022, and often appears in the media to talk or write about human rights in Ireland and around the world.

He and Amnesty called for an update to Ireland's hate-crime legislation, stating that freedom of expression does not extend to hate crime and that Irish people need to accept that "it is not enough to be anti-racist but that there is a need to be actively anti-racist."

2020

In 2020, O'Gorman was interviewed as part of the Australian documentary series Revelation.