Ken Grace had to sue all surviving members of the congregation from the 1980s because of congregation’s decision not to appoint a nominee for the purposes of the litigation
The development marks the end of a complicated legal action begun in 2019 which involved the plaintiff, Ken Grace, having to make multiple applications to the court and seek a number of court judgments Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
The key issue in the case was the decision of the congregation not to appoint a nominee to represent the Christian Brothers for a case where Mr Grace wished to sue the brothers vicariously for the abuse he suffered at the hands of congregation member Paul Hendrick, a former principal of Westland Row Christian Brothers School in Dublin. Hendrick is currently serving a prison sentence for the abuse.
Last month, Colm Condon SC, counsel for brothers Gibson and Garvey, told the court that no defence was being entered in the case and that solicitors, Frank Buttimer and Co, who represented the two brothers in their personal capacities, were willing to go into mediation on behalf of all the defendants in the case, most of whom had not entered an appearance and had been the subject of judgments in default.
“David Gibson, Province Leader on behalf of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, unreservedly apologises and regrets the numerous instances of abuse suffered by Kenneth Grace at the hands of Paul Hendrick. He further acknowledges that Kenneth Grace suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of Paul Hendrick and acknowledges the pain and suffering that Kenneth Grace has suffered as a result of the said abuses.
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