Letters to the Editor: Culture of secrecy over school abuse must end

King’s Hospital School pupils were abused by school swimming pool manager Derry O’Rourke.

If, as reported, the scoping inquiry report into abuse in schools proposes a statutory investigation also confined to Roman Catholic schools, that is disappointing.

Victims in schools with a Church of Ireland (or Protestant) ethos require an opportunity to report what happened to them. Those schools should be subject to the same official investigation as Roman Catholic schools.