Further school child sex abuse claims to be made

FURTHER complaints about child sex abuse at a Co Cork school are expected to be made to gardaí in the coming days, according to an advocacy group which has held a special advice clinic for alleged victims.

The organisation, One-In-Four, spoke to the alleged victims in Cork city last Thursday. Yesterday, the organisation’s executive director, Maeve Lewis, said six people said they had been sexually abused when they were pupils at the Sacred Heart College in Carrignavar.

Ms Lewis said some of them have indicated that following advice from her counsellors they would make official complaints to gardaí. Garda sources said up to yesterday they received 12 complaints against three former members of staff at the college.