page_title: Francis Durning
hierarchical_section_title: Francis Durning
caption_attribution_description: English: Order of Service from the funeral of Francis Durning. Durning was a paedophile priest.
context_page_description: Francis Durning SM was a New Zealand priest of the Roman Catholic Church.
  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 on 11 December 1938.
  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
  Durning died on 13 April 1999.
  In 2018 the Society of Mary said that Francis Durning sexually abused children.
context_section_description: Francis (Frank) Durning SM was a New Zealand priest of the Roman Catholic Church. 
  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.
  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
  
  Durning died on 13 April 1999.
  In 2018 the Society of Mary said that Francis Durning sexually abused children.
caption: Order of Service from the funeral of Francis Durning
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