HSE to contact hundreds of families as it looks for more victims of nursing home abuser

A report into sexual abuse in a HSE-run nursing home found it is 'highly probable' many more victims could be found, in addition to the 22 previously identified. Stock picture: Leon Farrell/RollingNews

The HSE is to write to hundreds of families as it tries to establish if any more residents of a State-run nursing home were sexually abused by a former staff member.

A report has found that it is "highly probable" a wider probe could identify more victims.