First report

In 2009, with a special independent inquiry set up by the Irish government to investigate cases of alleged physical and sexual abuse that took place in Irish schools run by the Catholic Church. In 2015, a documentary revealing the experiences of boys was ired by RTE (Radio-Television of Ireland)

Location

St Joseph’s School for Deaf Boys (Cabra, Dublin).

Number of victims

23 deaf children.

Term of abuses

About 40 years (between the 1950s and early 1990s).

Defendants

Christian Brothers and lay staff.

The Commission of Inquiry by the Irish Government found that physical and emotional abuse made the school “a very frightening place”, and “said sexual activity was ignored or tolerated for some considerable time” until the Health Board eventually intervened.

The school was demolished in 2011.