Unreported abuse files ‘may remain in dioceses’
Timothy O’Rourke, who represented a number of abuse victims of former teacher and Christian brother Donal Dunne, said he was aware of a number of such cases. He said that a number of previous bishops, in their role as school patrons, had removed teachers from duty in Catholic schools where they were alleged to have sexually abused their pupils.
But, Mr O’Rourke claimed, the lack of reporting to either the gardaí or the Department of Education meant schools in other dioceses where these teachers were subsequently employed would have had no knowledge of the allegations.
