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Names of 341 former Christian Brothers published following court order in sex abuse case (opens the original)
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The names of 341 former Christian Brothers who are being joined as defendants to a case where a man who was sexually abused in primary school in the 1970s is suing the congregation, have been published in a national newspaper. The men on the list, who were all Christian Brothers between September 1974 and December 1979, are not alleged to have anything to do with the sexual assault, but find themselves being joined to the case because of the controversial legal strategy being adopted by the cong
Doing time: Colm Keena reflects on how he has spent much of his career in lovely buildings (opens the original)
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Recently, on the last week of the law term, I found myself in court 13, on the second floor of the Gandon Building in Dublinâs Four Courts, waiting for the judge to arrive. There as a reporter, I sat to the side of the high-ceilinged room, on a short bench, between two tall sash windows that someone had opened. The breeze from the Liffey was pleasantly cool. In their assigned seats around a battered old wooden table sat two solicitors and three barristers, while the registrar, on his perch bel
Has the Christian Brothersâ âgrossly unfairâ legal strategy backfired? (opens the original)
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The controversial legal strategy adopted by the Christian Brothers in claims for damages taken by victims may have backfired. A legal ruling this week means hundreds of former brothers now find themselves about to be publicly named regarding legal claims for damages for child sex abuse crimes they had no knowledge of. The congregation has not said why it has adopted its highly obstructive strategy, but one of the Stateâs most senior judges expressed the belief last week it was intended to prot
More than 300 former Christian Brothers to be named in newspaper ad as part of abuse case (opens the original)
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The High Court has ordered that 341 former members of the Christian Brothers be served with a summons by way of a national newspaper advertisement as part of a claim for damages for child sexual assault and rape, even though it is not being alleged the men had anything directly to do with the crimes. The highly unusual move is the result of the decision of the congregation not to provide a nominee for the purposes of litigation, a legal strategy the judge has said was legal but âmorally extrao
âHe smelled of chalk and sweatâ: Pattern of school-to-school abuse uncovered in Garda search of pupil rolls (opens the original)
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One victim described him as âprobably one of the worst abusers Ireland has ever seenâ. Liam Coughlan, the former Christian Brother, is likely to die in jail after being sentenced to five years on Friday for the sexual abuse of pupils at the CBS primary school on Patrick Street in Portarlington, Co Offaly in the 1980s. Coughlan, who pleaded not guilty to the Portarlington charges, watched his trial in the Circuit Criminal Court in Portlaoise by video-link from prison. He is serving time for m
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