The former teacher at St Colman's College in Newry from 1967 to 1976 is also allegedly linked to a catalogue of physical and emotional
abuse against pupils.
Not exact matches
of appeals
against permanent exclusions, reinstatement was upheld so that
pupils could return to the scene of their offences with impunity, most of them having nothing to do with SEN. Does the Minister think it right that a
pupil who has been excluded for violent crime, racist or sexual
abuse should be readmitted to schools under any circumstances
against the better judgment of the head or the governors?
The central regional police command has embarked on a sensitization campaign aimed at resourcing basic school
pupils in the central region with knowledge on how to protect themselves
against abuse.
Schools might consider the potential harm from extremist ideologies and how they might be vocalised by
pupils in the wider context of safeguarding
against abuse.
The government did announce it would conduct further research on the «scale and scope» of sexual harassment in schools — looking both at
abuse against female
pupils and violent «hazing» or initiation techniques
against male
pupils, as well as how to involve young men in becoming «change agents» of gender equality.
It opened an inquiry into the school in 2016, investigating approaches to safeguarding and how allegations of
abuse were handled at the private Catholic boarding school, where three monks and two teachers have been convicted of sex crimes
against more than 30
pupils between 1960 and 2010.