What is William O'Malley?
[[File:WO'MalleySJ.jpg|right|200px]] The Rev. '''William J. O'Malley, [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]]''' (born August 18, 1931) is an American author and actor. He was born in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name = Drew>Interview with Bernard Drew, Gannett News Service movie critic, published in the ''Rochester Times Union'' in 1972; clip found in the Vol. 28 of the Scrapbooks of the Rochester Community Players, Local History Department, Rochester NY Public Library</ref> He graduated from the [[College of the Holy Cross]] in 1953. O'Malley is best known for playing Father Joseph Dyer in the 1973 horror classic movie ''[[The Exorcist (movie)|The Exorcist]]''. He taught theology, AP English and later an elective called ''The Problem of God/Morality/Marriage/Fatherhood'' at [[Fordham Preparatory School]] in the [[Bronx]] until June 2012. He was an associate professor of theology at [[Fordham University]] and later a professor of theology and the humanities at [[Seattle University]]. In August 2019, O'Malley was accused of sexually assaulting a student multiple times while teaching in [[Rochester, New York]] in the late 1980s.<ref>[https://www.newyorkupstate.com/rochester/2019/08/the-exorcist-priest-accused-of-sexually-abusing-rochester-student.html ‘The Exorcist’ priest accused of sexually abusing Rochester student]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0641780}} *[http://alumni.mcquaid.org/omalley/index.shtml McQuaid Jesuit High School - O'Malley's Best] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110012648/http://alumni.mcquaid.org/omalley/index.shtml |date=2007-11-10 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Omalley, William}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Educators from New York (state)]] [[Category:American theologians]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:Actors from Buffalo, New York]] [[Category:Writers from Buffalo, New York]] {{US-actor-stub}}