Cardinal Brady: ‘Profoundly sorry and deeply ashamed.’

THE Christian Brothers order, against which more allegations of abuse were made than all of the other male orders combined, said it was sorry, ashamed and saddened by the report’s revelations.

“We acknowledge and regret that our responses to physical and sexual abuse failed to consider the long term psychological effects on children,” the order stated.

Given the “very comprehensive nature of the report”, the Christian Brothers said they would respond “more fully after an initial examination of its findings and recommendations”. The brothers apologised “openly and unreservedly to all those who have been hurt either directly or indirectly as a result of the deplorable actions of some brothers, or by the inaction or inappropriate action of the congregation as a whole”.