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THE Christian Brothers have said that while they accept incidents of physical and sexual abuse did take place at Artane industrial school, they reject as "incorrect" any suggestion that it was an "abusive" system as such.
They also insist that there was no cover-up of sex abuse and that the school succeeded in providing an education to disadvantaged youths despite underfunding.
The Christian Brothers made the claims at a public hearing yesterday of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse and in a statement.
Bro Michael Reynolds asked that a sense of perspective be brought to people's understanding of what happened at Artane and that "the sins of the few" should not be used to "demonise" everyone who worked there.