Gardai launch fourth inquiry into Lota sexual abuse claims

GARDAÍ have launched a fourth inquiry into alleged child sexual abuse at a centre which housed orphans and boys with learning difficulties.

They are preparing files for the Director of Public Prosecutions following eight more formal complaints from men who say they were abused at the Brothers of Charity-run centre at Lota in Glanmire, Co. Cork.

It brings to nearly 50 the number of complaints that gardaí have dealt with since their first investigation was launched in Lota in 1996.