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Thu 07 Jul 2006Management aware of abuse but did not remove priestManagement at Gormanston College was aware of abuse perpetrated by Fr Ronald Bennett but did not remove him from his post, it has emerged.Complaints were made against the Franciscan priest in 1973 to a member of management at the college in Co Meath by the parents of one of the boys he abused. The parents were given assurances that the priest would no longer be allowed to be alone with boys, but he continued abusing until 1981.