NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News NI
By Kevin Sharkey
BBC News NI
A former resident of a boys training school has said “the highest honour” should be awarded to the De La Salle Brothers who taught there.
The 67-year-old was giving evidence to the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA) about St Patrick’s Training School in Belfast .
He said when he first heard “the vile accusations against these men, I was completely stunned”.
He said he did not not know how to repay them for their guidance.
“As opposed to facing charges or courts, I consider that we should be awarding them the highest honour for their contribution to society,” he said.
The pensioner was a resident in the west Belfast school in the 1960s.
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