2023-07-26 16:31:03
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Known for his film role, he was also a cleric in life. In 2019 the allegations of harassment dating back to the 70s and 80s
Reverend William O’Malley, known to the public for playing the role of Father Joseph Dyer in the film The Exorcist in 1973, died at 91. In 2019, the religious was then accused of sexual abuse of minors in the school where he taught, in the United States.
O’Malley disappeared on July 15 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts, but the news was only disclosed later by McQuaid Jesuit Hight School, where he taught for many years.
The Jesuit had become famous for his portrayal of the priest in the horror film directed by William Friedkin, a role he landed after befriending the author of the novel of the same name.
On August 14, 2019, the first day to file past sexual abuse complaints under New York’s Child Victims Act, Reverend O’Malley was accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a 17-year-old student multiple times between 1985 and 86, also in the schoolyard.
The priest was later accused of sexually abusing two other students, also in 1975 or ’76, according to a July 21, 2020 complaint. All lawsuits are pending, as they are part of the Rochester Catholic Diocese bankruptcy case still pending. in progress.
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