They trained captains of industry, Hollywood
stars, even a succession of Irish prime ministers. But last week the
Christian Brothers, one of the best-known Catholic teaching orders,
admitted that the education they have been offering for almost 200 years
is seriously flawed. Brother Edmund Garvey, Dublin-based head of the
order, publicly asked for forgiveness from ex-pupils who had been
"physically abused and sometimes even sexually abused in our care".
The unconditional and abjectly humble nature of Brother Garvey's apology may have raised eyebrows among ex-CB pupils such as John Birt, director-general of the BBC, and the impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh, brought up in the strict atmosphere of the order's schools. But his description of a "harsh and at times cruel" regime will have been painfully familiar.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/christian-brothers-make-their-deathbed-confession-1268168.html
The unconditional and abjectly humble nature of Brother Garvey's apology may have raised eyebrows among ex-CB pupils such as John Birt, director-general of the BBC, and the impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh, brought up in the strict atmosphere of the order's schools. But his description of a "harsh and at times cruel" regime will have been painfully familiar.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/christian-brothers-make-their-deathbed-confession-1268168.html