IIRELAND
Irish Times
St Patrick’s Missionary Society ( Kiltegan Fathers)
Patsy McGarry
The Kiltegan fathers religious order has been heavily criticised in the latest reviews of child protection carried out by the Catholic Church.
The Church’s National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) said “abuse that has been identified outside the Irish region has not in every case given rise to an appropriate and robust response.”
The reviews which also include six Catholic diocese and the Christian Brothers this morning, have been generally positive where the diocese are concerned.
The reviews which also include six Catholic diocese and the Christian Brothers this morning, have been generally positive where the diocese are concerned.
However the NBSC reviews has been very critical of past handling of allegations by the St Patrick’s Missionary Society based at Kiltegan, Co Wicklow and of the Christian Brothers.
It has also disclosed that 325 Christian Brothers faced a total of 870 child abuse allegations most of which related to the 1950s, 60s, 70s period. All had been reported to the gardaí and health authorities with 12 Brothers convicted in the courts. The NBSC reviewers found that the Christian Brothers’ initial response to reporting allegations to the statutory agencies “was not systematic and was inadequate.”
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