Inquiry into historical abuse at schools ‘one of the biggest in history’, says support group

The chief executive of support organisation One in Four, Deirdre Kenny, has said that the upcoming investigation into abuse in schools could be one of the biggest commissions of inquiry in this country.

Ms Kenny also told RTÉ radio’s News at One that their helpline has been inundated in the last 24 hours, indicating that there could be many more victims who have not yet reported their experience of abuse.

“People are looking to understand what happened in the school that they were in, and people who have come forward for the first time disclosing their abuse are very overwhelmed with emotion and with a sense of grief, grief and loss for the childhood that has been taken from them and their fellow survivors, and also family members who feel very impacted and, again, around conversations they’re having in their own homes about what happened in their schools, in the locality.”

Ms Kenny said it was important to include schools not run by religious congregations in the…

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