Seán Fortune (20 December 1953 – 13 March 1999) was a Catholic priest from Ireland, and child molester, who allegedly used his position to gain access to his victims.
It was during his training that the first reports of his abuse were made, although it is not clear whether the Diocesan authorities had knowledge of these complaints before his ordination.
Fortune would take groups of boys to stay over in Loftus Hall in the early 1980s when it was a convent, and allegedly carried out some of his attacks there.
On 13 March 1999, he committed suicide in New Ross while awaiting trial for 66 charges of sexual abuse against 29 boys.
The Report of the Ferns Inquiry claims that two of Fortune's alleged victims have since died by suicide.