Irish schools

15,000 boys may have faced abuse in Irish schools, probe begins

More than 15,000 boys might have been sexually abused in Irish schools between the 1960s and 1990s, with a new major investigation about to begin. The Government announced yesterday that a Commission of Investigation will be formed following a ‘truly shocking’ scoping inquiry. This inquiry revealed 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse across over 300 religious schools over four decades. The…