DUBLIN (IRELAND)
Irish Mail on Sunday via NewsScoops.org
February 4, 2018.
By: Michael O’Farrell
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The provision of Irish taxpayer funds to the St John of God order in Malawi has been suspended in the wake of the coverup of child abuse allegations, exposed by the Irish Mail on Sunday.
The order’s Malawi operations are supported by Misean Cara – a missionary charity that distributes a 16m euro block grant from the taxpayer-funded Irish Aid each year.
Misean Cara’s accounts show the St John of God order got more than €2.3m in public funds since 2009 – an unknown proportion of which went to Malawi.
In order to receive the funds for Malawi the order – currently led by Brother Donatus Forkan – signed contracts that included statements that child safeguarding policies are being implemented. Failure to make a declaration of compliance would have disqualified St John of God (SJOG) from eligibility for funding.
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