We reveal 11 people given pseudonyms who are criticised in the abuse report
John Downes, News Investigations Correspondent Sunday Tribune.
The Sunday Tribune today publishes the names of 11 people given anonymous identities in the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. All of those identified are criticised either for administering physical or sexual abuse, or for failing to prevent it happening to the children in their care.
The list of names includes two former managers of schools who were appointed Provincials of their religious orders, and a nun, Sister Xaviera (Severia), who famously defended her record on Prime Time after revelations of abuse emerged in the 1996 Dear Daughter documentary about Goldenbridge. She is given the pseudonym ‘Sr Alida’ and is accused of beating children and for letting her enthusiasm for the making of rosary beads at Goldenbridge become an “obsession”.
Former Rosminian Provincial Fr Patrick Pierce, who managed the now infamous Ferryhouse school in Clonmel from 1975 to 1991, is given the pseudonym ‘Fr Stefano’.
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