Gareth O'Callaghan: Our schools were never a haven, but instead a living hell
Schools were never havens. For all those victims of child abuse they were the closest thing to a living hell imaginable
‘It’s impossible for someone who has never been sexually abused or raped as a young child to imagine what the lifelong effects of such merciless brutality can be like.’ File picture: iStock
“Our schools should be places of haven, not horror”.
The words of Minister for Education Norma Foley reacting to the scoping inquiry, which revealed that there were almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse of children in almost 300 schools run by religious orders.
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