Order to query ex-pupils on abuse claims

SENIOR members of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart intend to interview former pupils and teachers at a Co Cork boarding school as part of its efforts to tackle ongoing allegations of sexual abuse by a former principal.

Order to query ex-pupils on abuse claims

A letter from the outgoing Provincial Superior, Patrick Courtney, seen by the Irish Examiner, states that the incoming Provincial Superior, Fr Joseph McGee, will visit Coláiste an Chroí Naofa in Carraig na bhFear, 12km from Cork city, in September to begin a process where he “will personally contact and interview past and present members of staff and past pupils”.

“Fr McGee will request details of any incident of abuse which may have come to the attention of these individuals during their time at the school,” the letter says.

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