Marie-Thérèse O'Loughlin Goldenbridgeinmate39 | Survivor of an Irish Industrial *School*. | Page 32

Marie-Thérèse O'Loughlin Goldenbridgeinmate39 | Survivor of an Irish Industrial *School*. | Page 32: "CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
˜ WHAT THE REPORT SAYS:
More than 700 complaints were from former residents of the Christian Brother institutions. They ran six industrial schools: Artane (1870-1969) for 825 boys; St Joseph’s in Tralee (1870-1970) for 140 boys; St Joseph’s in Salthill, Galway (1871-1995); St Joseph’s in Glin, Limerick (1966-1972); St Joseph’s in Letterfrack˜ (1887-1974) for 165 boys; and Carriglea Park in Dún Laoghaire. They also ran St Joseph’s School for the Deaf in Cabra.
Sex abuse was a ‘chronic problem’ in their institutions, and steps taken by the Brothers to avoid scandal protected perpetrators. Offenders were transferred to avoid detection. Safety of children was not a priority, physical punishment was excessive and led to a climate of fear amongst the boys.
There were three abusers in Letterfrack at the same time, two were present there for periods of 14 years.
St Joseph’s in Tralee was ‘a secret enclosed world, run in fear’. Brothers with a known propensity for sex abuse were sent to Glin, indicating indifference to children’s needs."?

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