Gardaí submit 13 files on Spiritan abuse to DPP

Files about 13 victims at Blackrock College in Dublin and other Spiritan schools have been submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Brian Lawless/PA)

Gardaí have submitted files relating to 13 victims of historical sexual abuse at schools run by the Spiritan congregation to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

An Garda Síochána has received more than 130 contacts through the Sexual Crime Management Unit Office at the Garda National Protective Services Bureau and local Garda stations across the country.