School principal jailed for indecent assault at Blackrock school described as ‘an ogre’
Aidan Clohessy was principal of St Augustine’s School, Blackrock, Co Dublin, from the early 1970s until 1993
Clerical abuse
Spiritans commit to redress scheme for school abuse survivors in attempt to ‘offer atonement’
Head of congregation Fr Brendan Carr says it is seeking to be ‘accountable at this time for what happened in another time’
Highest number of abuse allegations in 16 years received by Catholic Church’s safeguarding body
Board reports 50 per cent rise in number of claims lodged this year in wake of scoping inquiry into religious schools
Brendan Comiskey obituary: Bishop who resigned over mishandling of child abuse cases
He was part of a group of prelates seeking to create a moderate, more liberal church
Michael O’Brien obituary: Former mayor of Clonmel who became an advocate for survivors of clerical abuse
O’Brien was widely praised after making a powerful contribution to RTÉ’s Questions & Answers in 2009
Brendan Comiskey: Bishop admitted his best efforts to deal with abuse allegations were ‘not good enough’
Co Monaghan native resigned at centre of storm that led to Ferns report, which set a template for various future statutory reports into abuse
‘I begged my parents to take me out of the school but they wouldn’t': Survivors on their abuse at the hands of Jesuits
Former pupils speak about abuse at Belvedere College in Dublin and Coláiste Iognáil in Galway
Spiritans have paid €8.8m in settlements to 125 abuse survivors since 1998
Incidents of sexual abuse by Spiritans were among 2,395 allegations at 308 schools run by religious orders
Jesuits to move special primary school in Ballsbridge to grounds of Gonzaga College in Ranelagh
Sale of building on Northumberland Road will go towards cost of new premises
The Jesuit teacher I knew was a bully, a sadist and a predatory paedophile
As 2021 dawned, no Jesuit had been named as a sexual abuser of children; now we have 18. But we know there are more
‘I thought I was the only one‘: Woman feels validated after Fr Shaun Curran named among 15 Jesuits credibly accused of abuse
Former Belvedere College teacher has largest number of recorded complaints against him, according to Jesuit document
Former Belvedere pupil says Jesuit teacher Jack Leonard ‘took pleasure’ in violence
Diocese of Raphoe notes that alleged child sex abuser Fr Diarmuid Ó Péicín had ministry there in the 1980s
Fifteen named Jesuits accused of child sex abuse were moved to new roles by order
Publication follows earlier naming of others which led to victims coming forward
Fifteen Irish Jesuits ‘credibly accused of child abuse’
Publication of names by congregation follows an investigation into the files of 37 dead Jesuit priests or brothers
Have Your Say: Did you experience child sexual abuse by the Jesuits?
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Who are the 15 Jesuits named today who are the subject of child sex abuse complaints?
Priests at top Irish schools were moved to other schools, sent to Irish parishes and abroad following child sex abuse complaints
Italy’s first report on Catholic clerical sex abuse finds more than 60 cases
Investigators into Catholic clerical sex abuse warn of ‘dark field’ beyond cases examined
Sexual abuse of children by priests was known ‘at all levels’ in Catholic Church, says Archbishop of Dublin
There was ‘no effort made to deal with perpetrators’ Dermot Farrell tells US Catholic TV network
Spiritan abuse survivor group raises concern statutory inquiry could set back justice and support programmes
Restore Together writes to Minister for Education Norma Foley seeking urgent meeting to discuss terms of reference of any such inquiry
Catholic Church child protection board received 252 abuse allegations
Great majority of allegations arose from incidents that took place in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
German Protestant churches riddled with sexual abuse and cover-ups, report finds
Forum Study suggests many church features prized by German Protestants facilitated rather than prevented sexualised violence and continue to hinder full disclosure
Trust that owns Christian Brothers schools included as defendant in historical child sex abuse cases
Solicitors say taking of cases against the trust, which has property worth €133 million, is response to legal strategy being adopted by congregation
Up to €20 million in funds for school sex abuse victims unspent amid ‘restrictive’ terms
Leo Varadkar apologised in 2019 to those sexually abused in day schools, pledging they would not be failed again
Head of Germany’s Lutheran church resigns in protest over claims she failed to act on abuse
Resignation of Annette Kurschus rocks Germany’s mainstream Protestant church as study confirms membership collapse
Major international award for RTÉ documentary Blackrock Boys which exposed sexual abuse in religious-run schools
Programme about sexual abuse in Blackrock College of two brothers wins award for investigative work at world’s largest competition for public-service media
Why were the Jesuits silent about abuse in Belvedere, Crescent and Clongowes?
Rite & Reason: Until the rest have been named, there is no context for the life of Joseph Marmion SJ. He operated within an organisation that harboured child abusers
Abuse survivor Mark Ryan remembered with ‘deep, deep gratitude’
Speaking at his memorial service, Minister says Mark Ryan showed ‘enormous courage’ in speaking out about being sexually abused at Blackrock College
Hundreds of thousands suffered church abuse, Spanish inquiry says
Report following public inquiry criticises Catholic authorities for ‘cover-up’ culture
Some schools use restorative justice to deal with past abuse - why not others?
Restorative justice is an informal process which focuses on the survivor rather than the offender
Clerical sex scandals in Poland overshadow Catholic synod in Rome
Polish Catholic church in turmoil over multiple clerical sex scandals, while Swiss primate suggests ‘time is right to abolish the celibacy obligation’ for priests
‘Until the issue of the social contract is taken seriously, we are going to see the persistence of the poverty, the homelessness, the exclusion’
Priest, economist and campaigner Dr Seán Healy delivers a parting shot at the Government as he retires from his role at the head of independent think-tank Social Justice Ireland
No women priests in his lifetime, says retired Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin
Clerical sexual abuse scandals have badly damaged the Catholic Church, in particular ‘the faith of young people, says retired archbishop
Councillors urged not to remove Freedom of Drogheda from Edmund Garvey by sex abuse support group chief
‘Unforgiveable’ intervention criticised by spokesman for men who suffered at hands of Christian Brothers
Justine McCarthy: Enough of the meaningless hand-wringing over abuse by Christian Brothers
Are councillors compassionate enough to rescind Edmund Garvey’s freedom of Drogheda as a powerful symbol of support for victims of abuse?
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