Irish Industrial School Abuse: Forget the Hype - Stick with the Facts

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There are countless lurid stories all over the vile media aimed at attacking the Church and plenty of Catholics appear to be uncritically taking in the poison.

These are the actual facts from the Child Abuse Commission Report:
The Report makes absolutely sickening reading in places, giving descriptive accounts of some of the abuse reported by witnesses, but the facts boil down to this:

http://www.childabusecommission.com/rpt/

From 1936 -1970 more than 50 Industrial and Reformatory Schools operated in Ireland looking after a total number of children greater than 170,000. More information at the link below:
http://www.childabusecommission.com/rpt/01-03.php

Of these 170,000 former 'inmates' less than 800 came forward to report to the Child Abuse Commission any experience of physical or sexual abuse.

MALE INDUSTRIAL AND REFORMATORY SCHOOLS
Physical Abuse
403 male witnesses reported physical abuse in a total of 26 schools.
Just 4 schools accounted for half (49%) of the reported abuse.
The vast majority of reported abuse happened in the 1950's and 60's.
197 witnesses (42%) left the schools before 1960.
202 witnesses (43%) left the schools between 1960-69.
58 witnesses (12%) left the schools between 1970-79
17 witnesses (4%) left the schools between 1980-89

Perpetrators of Physical Abuse
438 priests, brothers and nuns were accused of inflicting physical abuse.
95 lay staff were accused of inflicting physical abuse.
21 were named as priests.
378 were named as religious brothers.
39 were named as female religious serving in mixed junior schools.
75 were named as lay male staff.
20 were named as lay female staff employed in mixed junior schools.
38 witnesses also reported physical abuse perpetrated by older pupils.

Sexual Abuse
242 male witnesses reported sexual abuse in a total of 20 schools.
4 schools accounted for more than half (61%) of the reported sexual abuse.
The vast majority of reported sexual abuse happened in the 1950's and 60's.
88 witnesses (35%) left the schools before 1960.
119 witnesses (47%) left the schools between 1960-69.
37 witnesses (15%) left the schools between 1970-79.
9 witnesses (4%) left the schools between 1980-89.

Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse
164 priests, brothers and nuns were accused of sexual abuse.
25 lay staff were accused of sexual abuse.
12 were named as priests.
139 were named as religious brothers.
4 were named as female religious serving in mixed junior schools.
19 were named as lay male staff.
6 were named as lay female staff employed in mixed junior schools.
39 school pupils were accused of carrying out sexual abuse.
18 others (voluntary workers/visitors &c.) were also accused of sexual abuse.

FEMALE INDUSTRIAL AND REFORMATORY SCHOOLS
Physical Abuse
374 female witnesses reported physical abuse in a total of 39 schools.
Just 3 schools accounted for more than a third (38%) of reported abuse.
The vast majority of reported abuse happened in the 1950's and 60's.
132 witnesses (34%) left the schools before 1960.
175 witnesses (46%) left the schools between 1960-69.
69 witnesses (18%) left the schools between 1970-79.
7 witnesses (2%) left the schools between 1980-89.

Perpetrators of Physical Abuse
245 priests and sisters were accused of inflicting physical abuse.
81 lay staff were accused of inflicting physical abuse.
2 male ancillary workers were accused of inflicting physical abuse.
4 were named as priests.
241 were named as religious sisters.
2 were named as male lay staff.
79 were named as female lay staff.
23 witnesses also reported physical abuse perpetrated by older pupils.

Sexual Abuse
127 female witnesses reported sexual abuse in a total of 35 schools.
2 schools accounted for nearly a third (29%) of the reported sexual abuse.
The vast majority of reported sexual abuse happened in the 1950's to 1970's.
274 incidences of sexual abuse were reported.
40 cases of rape (15% of reported sexual abuse).
168 cases of other types of physical sexual abuse (61%).
60 complaints of enforced nakedness whilst waiting to shower &c. (22%).
6 cases of indecent exposure (2%).
22 witnesses (17%) left the schools before 1960.
64 witnesses (50%) left the schools between 1960-69.
35 witnesses (27%) left the schools between 1970-79.
7 witnesses (5%) left the schools between 1980-89.

Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse
31 priests and nuns were accused of sexual abuse.
29 lay staff were accused of sexual abuse.
14 were named as priests.
1 was named as a seminarian.
16 were named as female religious.
17 were named as lay male staff (farmhands &c).
12 were named as lay female staff.
46 school pupils were accused of carrying out sexual abuse.
82 others (family, public, external professionals) were also accused of sexual abuse.
Reflecting on the figures above certain things become very clear.
If we make the assumption that all the accusations are genuine, and that is by no means certain as, if I remember correctly, something like 12,000 people have jumped onto the compensation/extortion bandwagon due to the hype surrounding the Report, and there are proven cases of false accusations of sexual abuse for financial gain such as the one linked to below, we find that:
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/i-forgive-you--priest-asks-court-to-show-mercy-on-his-accuser-858576.html

1) 151 homosexual's successfully infiltrated the Church as clerics and religious and managed to target around one third to one half of the Industrial and Reformatory schools in order to carry out abuse.
2) 19 homosexual laymen also managed to infiltrate the above schools as staff members in order to carry out abuse.
3) 18 homosexual laymen also successfully targeted the above schools as visitors of some description or other in order to carry out abuse.
4) That gives a total of 188 sodomites targeting and successfully operating within 20 schools, with a large cluster of them, accounting for 61% of the homosexual abuse, based at 4 schools.
Comparing this to the incidence of priestly sexual abuse at female schools we find that 14 priests and one seminarian abused their positions for sexual gratification forced upon helpless girls.
That's quite a difference. Sodomites who successfully managed to infiltrate the priesthood and religious orders are responsible for ten times more sexual abuse.