# Courts
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#Sexual Abuse
# sexual-abuse - Last week 25th May 2025 - 31st May 2025
# sexual-abuse - Last month May 2025
# Courts
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# sexual-abuse - April April 2025
# Sexual Abuse
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# Sexual Abuse
More allegations made against paedophile Michael Shine in past ten days than any period in last 15 years
Five new men have come forward with allegations in the last ten days, organisation Dignity4Patients told The Journal.
# Foster Home Sexual Abuse
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# Foster Home Sexual Abuse
The 'Grace' case inquiry's final report will be published today after a six-year delay
- 'Grace', a woman with profound intellectual disabilities was left in a foster home in the Waterford area for almost 20 years despite a succession of sexual and physical abuse allegations.
- In 2017, the former HSE boss apologised to the 47 families – including Grace’s – who were left in care.
# sexual-abuse - This year 2025
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# Allegations
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- Two men have come forward to allege abuse in the institution.
- Details of the claims are to be included in a dossier for the Minister for Justice.
- The men want a Commission of Inquiry to be announced.
# Scoping Inquiry
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# Scoping Inquiry
'They train you to be quiet': Survivors on why they didn't disclose school sexual abuse
“They knew how to show you that they had the utter power.”
# Scoping Inquiry
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# Scoping Inquiry
Gardaí investigating whether paedophile rings were involved in sex abuse in religious schools
Justice Minister Helen McEntee today described the abuse detailed in the inquiry as “truly barbaric”.
# Scoping Inquiry
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# Scoping Inquiry
'Fear has been with me for a lifetime': The impact of school sexual abuse on the lives of survivors
“I lost my naïve view of the world; it became a lot greyer – the world became a dangerous place to be.”
# Next Steps
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# Next Steps
How will the Commission into child abuse in schools work, and which schools will it cover?
And have lessons been learned from how previous inquiries were carried out?
# Abuse In Schools
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# Abuse In Schools
Almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse of children in schools run by religious orders
- Restore Together, an advocacy group for survivors, said any statutory inquiry "must be structured to reflect the urgency of the situation"
# Personal Testimony
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# Personal Testimony
Abuse survivors told scoping inquiry they believed paedophile rings operated at some schools
“The principal would open the door, see the abuse taking place, even rape in progress, and just close the door again.”
# Abuse Inquiry
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# Abuse Inquiry
Minister: 'Truly shocking' to hear the number of alleged abusers across religious schools
The findings of a scoping inquiry has revealed almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse of children in schools run by religious orders.
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