Rita O'Reilly

1 month ago | rte.ie | Rita O'Reilly

As clerical child sexual abuse scandals grew in the 1990s, the Catholic Church was already starting to sell off, divide and divest its assets. The Christian Brothers were too. Survivors of Christian Brother abuse often point to the Brothers' assets, seeing the congregation as steadfast in the protection of those assets, while indifferent to their childhood abuse, and its impact on their adult lives.

1 month ago | rte.ie | Rita O'Reilly

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1 month ago | rte.ie | Rita O'Reilly

As a senior Christian Brother, Martin O’Flaherty could access all areas in Irish education. His mark is evident across the sector, not just in his primary and secondary teaching and principal posts, but in teacher training, governorships and Boards of Management, on schools’ syllabus, in the creation of the Christian Brothers’ schools trust, ERST, and in the sell-off of educational land.

1 month ago | rte.ie | Rita O'Reilly

Two Christian Brothers who were senior leaders over the space of two decades and managed the congregation's assets are now convicted child sexual abusers. Victims’ representatives say they are deeply concerned following discoveries by RTÉ Investigates that child abusers inside the religious congregation were at the heart of its leadership, managing its financial and business affairs in recent decades.

Sep 5, 2023 | rte.ie | Rita O'Reilly |Garda Commissioner

Two electrical sockets work in Sharon Moss's four-bedroom house in Letterkenny. From one, an extension lead feeds the kitchen; from the other, a cable reel trails through the sitting room and the hall to upstairs. "On a bad day, the rain will hit the [outside] walls and because there's so much plaster work off, it comes through, and it'll trip them."Defective building blocks have destroyed the structure of the Moss family home, and much of what is within it.