Five fresh claims of child sex abuse at Carrignavar school

FIVE new allegations of child sexual abuse at a Cork school were received by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in the past month, according to the order.

Five fresh claims of child sex abuse at Carrignavar school
Thu, 01 Sep, 2011 - 01:00
Claire O’Sullivan and Sean O’Riordan

The complaints were all lodged since Senator Mark Daly used Seanad privilege in July to disclose how the order had failed to properly supervise Fr Donnacha Mac Carthaigh, former principal of the Sacred Heart College in Carrignavar, Co Cork.

Fr Mac Carthaigh was on restricted ministry after seven complaints of abuse were lodged against him between 1986 and 2008.

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