NORTHERN IRELAND
Irish Mirror
Sep 29, 2014 By Michael McHugh
Sex abuse at a children’s home run by a Catholic order was “rampant” and as bad as Kincora, a former senior police officer has said.
Around a fifth of boys at Rubane House in Co Down were subjected to sexual or physical abuse, a public inquiry heard yesterday.
Rubane was the subject of a police investigation in the 1990s, the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry was told. Three De La Salle order brothers were charged but none convicted after their trials did not go ahead due to legal issues.
Former RUC detective chief superintendent Eric Anderson wrote a note to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
It said: “Sexual abuse by a considerable number of the De La Salle brothers on the children and consequently between children is rampant.”
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