State misinterpreted European court ruling on abuse, Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O’Neill says
Survivors of child sexual abuse in schools, who had been denied access to a State redress scheme, are in line for compensation following a ruling by an independent assessor.
The redress scheme was set up following a ruling by the ECHR in Strasbourg that the State bore vicarious liability for the abuse of Louise O’Keeffe at the hands of her primary school principal in the 1970s. “Louise O’Keeffe’s long fight for justice should have finally paved the way to an effective remedy for survivors of child abuse in Irish schools, but instead the State’s narrow interpretation of that ruling has served only to block, deny and frustrate victims,” she said.
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