NORTHERN IRELAND
UTV
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The inquiry into historical abuse has heard an apology from the De La Salle Brothers for the suffering inflicted on boys in their care.
The Catholic religious order said it “accepts” and “regrets” what happened to children who stayed at a home in Kircubbin, Co Down, which was run by the brothers.
It is one of a number of church and state institutions which are now at the centre of the UK’s largest ever investigation into alleged abuse over seven decades.
Kevin Rooney QC, for the De La Salle Brothers, told the public hearing: “They accept and deeply regret that boys in their care were abused. They wish to offer their sincere and unreserved apology to all those whom they failed to protect. That some brothers abused boys in care was in contradiction to their vocation as De La Salle Brothers.”
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