Level of abuse in religious schools ‘shocking’

Minister for Education Norma Foley has said the level of abuse disclosed in a scoping inquiry report into cases of sexual abuse at several schools run by religious orders spanning several decades was “truly shocking“. The scoping inquiry report has found that there were 2,395 allegations of sexual abuse in respect of 308 schools recorded by the religious orders that ran those schools. The allegations were made in respect of 884 distinct alleged abusers.