Number of accusers on Spiritan sex abuse claims grows to 300

Blackrock College past pupils speak of their experiences of abuse there as young boys, at the launch of the Spiritans independent restorative justice programme.

In an interview with The Irish Times, Tom Maher , a former pupil of the west Dublin boarding school, alleged he was sexually assaulted by a priest teaching in Castleknock College on two separate occasions in the 1970s. Correspondence from the Vincentian order shows that a preliminary canonical investigation into the allegations was opened after Mr Maher reported the alleged abuse last year.

The Government has come under increasing pressure to commission some form of further State inquiry, following the fresh wave of allegations of historical abuse in schools.

How about another piece from Roisin Ingle taunting the victims?

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