Woman's case over alleged abuse in orphanage dismissed due to delay

The woman sued the trustees of the order which ran the Dublin orphanage and its adjoining primary school.

A 61-year-old woman's High Court action over sexual and physical abuse she allegedly suffered during the 1960s in an orphanage run by nuns has been dismissed on grounds the religious order could not get a fair trial due to delay in bringing the case.

Mr Justice Anthony Barr said in circumstances where the primary perpetrators of alleged abused are either dead or unidentified he was satisfied the religious congregation cannot get a fair trial "at this remove".