Catholic order pays out for abuse [View All]

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Source: bbc

A Catholic religious order is to supply a 161m euros (£145m) package of measures as reparation for child abuse in Ireland.

The Christian Brothers said the decision had been taken in response to the Ryan report which revealed decades of abuse at religious institutions.
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No real names, of perpetrators, appeared in the Ryan report after the Christian Brothers took legal action in 2004 to keep the identities of all of its members, dead or alive, out of the report.

More than 2,000 people told the commission they had suffered physical and sexual abuse as children in the institutions, which included schools and orphanages.


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washing the shame of the crimes and the twice shameful attempt to cover up the names of the criminals with money. well, better than holy water - at least more effective.

i would like to see more of the "brothers" behind the bars of a jail.