Publishing industrial school reports will prove what cover-ups there were

Who will be so gullible as to believe those whitewash reports now?

Publishing industrial school reports will prove what cover-ups there were

If Br Garvey is trying to ensure that civil servants share the blame, he is right. They should, but this only proves that none of them were fit to have responsibility for children

The Christian Brothers were reportedly “shocked and dismayed” at the decision of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin to publish a 1962 report into conditions for 450 boys at Artane Industrial School. Fr Henry Moore, the school chaplain, drew up the report at the request of Archbishop John Charles McQuaid.

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