NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
By Allan Preston
June 22 2017
A west Belfast school has been criticised for multiple weaknesses in its child protection measures after three pupils complained when a priest invited to the school asked them sexual questions in confession.
An independent review – ordered by De La Salle College’s Board of Governors in January – detailed several flaws in how the school dealt with the childrens’ complaints.
This included delays in reporting complaints to police, poor record keeping, and a lack of understanding of child protection issues.
The report centres on a visit by a Dublin priest to De La Salle College during May 2013, and of alleged inappropriate sexual conversations with three children.
The pupils complained separately to school authorities in June 2013, September 2014 and March 2015.
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