Taoiseach asked to clarify comments on Christian Brother's sexual abuse 'confession letter'

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald told the Dáil last week that a letter of confession by a Christian Brother who abused boys at a Limerick school was concealed for decades

The Dáil heard that Christian Brother Seán Drummond (pictured) had written a 'confession letter dated as far back as February 1970 in which he admitted abusing pupils in Creagh Lane School'. File picture: Liam Burke/Press 22

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has called on Taoiseach Micheál Martin to clarify Dáil remarks that suggested he was “not aware” of a “confession letter” of the Creagh Lane abuser.

Ms McDonald told the Dáil last week that a letter of confession by a Christian Brother who abused boys at a Limerick school was concealed for decades. She said boys “suffered horrific daily abuse” by Seán Drummond at Creagh Lane National School during the 1960s.