A woman who successfully took the State to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for failing to protect her from she abuse she endured at a primary school in west Cork in the 1970’s has said that she doubts the State will live up to its obligations in the latest redress scheme.
Earlier this month a scoping inquiry revealed that almost 2,400 allegations of historical sexual abuse were recorded by 308 schools run by religious orders across Ireland. The report indicated that the inquiry found 844 alleged abusers in schools run by forty two religious orders.
Louise O’Keeffe was the victim of a series of sexual assaults in 1973 by the school principal at Dunderrow National School, Leo Hickey.
Mr Hickey was charged with 386 counts of sexually abuse involving 21 pupils of Dunderrow National School in Kinsale, Co Cork in 1998. He pleaded guilty to 21 sample charges and was sentenced to three years in jail. He was also ordered to pay Ms O’Keeffe damages in a civil action.
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