Government to consider statutory inquiry into Scouting Ireland after victims of sexual abuse speak out

THE TAOISEACH HAS told the Dail that the government will give consideration to a statutory inquiry into the handling of abuse claims in Scouting Ireland.

One victim, Colm Bracken said he made plans to take his own life after living with the memories of sexual abuse as a child and began questioning why he was chosen as a victim during camping trips. Last week, David O’Brien was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison after confessing to abusing a number of boys while he was a leader in the Scouting Association of Ireland, and later at the Catholic Boys Scouts.

RTÉ Investigates reports that he was involved with at least five scout troops. During the court case, O’Brien estimated that he had molested between 30 and 40 boys. “I can’t go back and relive my childhood. It was stolen from me. My childhood was never the same after that and my adult life was never the same.

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