Irish Catholic church child abuse: 'A cruel and wicked system' Artane industrial school former pupil says he is
Jim Beresford was 'imprisoned' in Dublin's notorious Artane school when he was 13
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Patrick Walsh spent six years in Artane industrial school simply for having no recognised legal guardian
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In their distinctive Thunderbirds-style light-blue uniforms with red trim the Artane Boys Band are icons of Irish music
On July 28, 1870, the Artane (or Artaine) Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys, also known as St Joseph's, was officially certified to receive boys up to the age of 14 committed by magistrates for matters such destitution, neglect, truancy and minor offences
The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse found that Artane was under-staffed by a small number of largely inexperienced and untrained Brothers
Men who were sexually abused and exploited in places like Artane Industrial School say things actually got worse after the 1955 judgment that reunited Evelyn Doyle with her father Desmond It would not be fair comment to say there was a culture of excessive punishment and systematic abuse at Artane industrial school, the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse was told yesterday
At its height, Artane, an Industrial School in Dublin, had over 400 boys, detained in a hell-hole prison built for children
What may be described as ‘turf Purpose – In the century from 1868 to 1969, over 105,000 children were detained in industrial schools in Ireland, having been committed by the courts
He remembered not only vicious beatings ('some of the boys were so badly beaten they used to suffer from what they called head staggers,like when boxers got punch drunk'), but also rape and sexual abuse perpetrated by a well known figure in Artane Industrial School
The abuse was reported to garda and to parish priests when "inmates" absconded only to be caught and returned for more of the same