Probe of sex abuse at school to focus on Christian Brothers

SOME Christian Brothers who formerly served in St Joseph’s Industrial School, Tralee, are expected to be at the centre of a new Garda probe into sexual and physical abuse at the school.

Gardaí from the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation have started an investigation which will also involve interviews with former residents of the school which closed in 1970. The investigating team, established following the publication of the Ryan Commission Report, has already contacted a number of the former residents of the school, including John Prior.

Mr Prior, who was sent to the school when he was a baby and was the person with the longest stay there, has welcomed the investigation.