Victims’ advocacy groups want the Commission of Investigation into reports of historic sexual abuse at some religious schools to be carried out in an “expedient” and “victim-centred manner”.
A statutory inquiry has been ordered after almost 2,400 allegations involving 884 alleged abusers were made to a scoping inquiry.
14 Tipperary schools were among over 300 where allegations were made spanning a 30-year period.
Co-founder of Restore Together, Phillip Feddis says the inquiry should be sensitive to abuse survivors:
“The more information which is made public the better. For us it would be that its done as discreetly as possible and as timely as possible.
“You’ve got to really remember that the people who are contributing to this, each time that they’re interviewed its retraumatising, reliving the events of their past is very difficult so we need to make sure this is done as sensitively as possible.”
Tipperary schools included in the report:
Religious Order Total Allegations Number of Alleged Abusers
Christian Brothers
Nenagh CBS, (Primary) 10 6
Christian Brothers
St. Mary’s CBS, Clonmel (Primary) 4 4
Christian Brothers
Thurles CBS (Secondary) 4 2
Christian Brothers
Carrick on Suir CBS (Primary) 3 3
Christian Brothers
Thurles CBS (Primary) 3 3
Christian Brothers
Abbey CBS, Tipp Town, (Primary) 3 1
Christian Brothers
St. Peter’s & St. Paul’s CBS, Clonmel 2 2
Junior School, (Primary)
Christian Brothers
Carrick on Suir CBS (Secondary) 1 1
Christian Brothers
Templemore CBS (Secondary) 1 1
Cistercians
Mount St. Joseph Cistercian College, 2 2
Roscrea, (Post Primary)
Congregation of the Presentation Sisters
Presentation Secondary, Ballingarry 2 2
Patrician Brothers
Patrician Brothers School, Fethard, (Primary) n/a
Religious Sisters of Charity
Scoil Mhuire na nAingeal, 1 1
Mary St. Clonmel, (Primary)
Spiritans
Rockwell College, Cashel, (Post Primary) 60 18
