Spiritans accused of approach on two levels for recovery for cases of sexual abuse-the irish times

A group representing survivors of children’s sexual abuse at Spiritan The schools asked the congregation to implement a recovery scheme at the latest on June 1 this year.

Restore together said that while it happens report that Spiritans made legal solutions With the survivors who took judicial measures, he did not believe that no survivor should issue legal procedures to obtain justice.

“Experts in the field of child welfare and trauma agree that they have to bring legal procedures to request justice, they add to the suffering of victims/survivors, many of whom are very vulnerable,” he said.

That reported in Irish times Wednesday, The Spiritan They paid 8.8 million euros in settlements to 125 abuse survivors who initiated judicial procedures against congregation. The figure does not include legal costs.

From this figure, EUR 3.4 million have been paid in settlements to 52 survivors of 58 who have come since Rté broadcast it Documentary Radio BlackRock Boys In November 2022. Between 1998 and before this broadcast in November 2022, the congregation paid 5.4 million euros in settlements to 73 survivors.

So far, Resore Together has supported over 300 survivors of sexual abuse at Spiritan schools and has worked with the congregation “to bring healing to those who have suffered as children and continue to suffer as adults through a professional guided program and managed by restorative justice.”

In a statement on Friday, he accused the spirits of operating a two-level system when he came to remedy.

It was not “acceptable” that the congregation “treats victims/ survivors who emit legal procedures against them with greater emergency than many who want, with good faith and for well -founded reasons, to obtain the financial recognition for the injury made by a remedial scheme that the order agreed,” he said.

He also added that “the financial prizes within the recovery scheme should be at the same value that a court grant to a successful applicant.” The spirits in Ireland had “very significant assets that he valued at 160 million euros in his accounts. This is several times the amount that would be needed to fully implement a recovery scheme, ”said Restore Togeter.

The spiritual schools in question are Blackrock College and Willow Park; St Mary’s CollegeRathmines; St Michael’s CollegeBallsbridge; Templeogue Collegeto Dublin and Rockwell College in CO Tipperary.

The congregation agreed with a remedial scheme “in principle, as one of the five pillars of its restorative justice program” and that there were detailed discussions “with spirits and their lawyers about its structure, nature and implementation,” said Restore Togeter.

“It was repeatedly emphasized” to the spirits “the urgency of providing remedies to the victims to help to heal them. Each week passing without a recovery scheme being in force prolongs the suffering and, in some cases, the despair, the victims/survivors who presented themselves with good faith after they carried their burden for decades. “

The continuous delay “repeats and continues the feeling of betrayal and abandonment for victims/survivors as innocent children”, while “many victims/survivors are now in the subsequent stage of life and should not wait more for adequate recognition by their children to protect their children.

Spiritans have the “Christian principles and teachings” have imposed them “to show true repentance and to atone fully for what they have made these vulnerable children,” he said.