Spiritans-run school reassures parents of 'comprehensive' policies to protect students

The principal of Templeogue College in south Dublin messaged parents in the wake of the documentary citing the abuse of pupils at Blackrock College.

A Dublin school run by the Spiritans order has contacted parents to reassure them of the “comprehensive” policies it has in place to protect students.

The principal of Templeogue College in south Dublin messaged parents at 9am on Wednesday morning in the wake of the broadcast of an RTÉ documentary citing the abuse of pupils at Blackrock College, also run by the Spiritans, in the 1970s and 1980s.