schools-abuse-inquiry

Sculpture to honour abuse survivors at Jesuit schools unveiled in Dublin – The Irish Times

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Heartwheel, a sculpture involving a fractured wheel with a heart at its centre, has been erected at the St Francis Xavier Church on Gardiner Street in Dublin to honour abuse survivors who attended Jesuit schools. Replicas are to be put on public display in Jesuit schools throughout Ireland. It was created by sculptor John Coll, … Read more

Former Belvedere pupil says Jesuit teacher Jack Leonard ‘took pleasure’ in violence – The Irish Times

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Fr John (Jack) Leonard, one of the 15 deceased Jesuits named by the order on Wednesday as having been the subject of child sex abuse complaints, was “a bully and violent and took pleasure in it,” a former student of Belvedere College, Dublin, has said. “He walked around with a leather strap in his pocket … Read more