IRELAND
The Irish Times
PATSY McGARRY
AN AUDIT of known or alleged sexual abuse by members of the Holy Ghost (Spiritan) congregation and its child-safeguarding practices began this week.
The congregation runs some of the best-known schools in Ireland, including Blackrock College; St Mary’s, Templeogue; and St Michael’s in Dublin, as well as Rockwell College in Co Tipperary.
It said on its website that “only a public audit of the reality of abuse committed by Spiritans can free the congregation to carry out its mission of service among God’s people here in Ireland and overseas”.
To enable this to happen, and as is required before such an audit can take place, it invited in the church’s National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC).
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