Lasallian educational institutions

Lasallian educational institutions[1] are educational institutions affiliated with the De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic religious teaching order founded by French priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, who was canonized in 1900 and proclaimed by Pope Pius XII as patron saint of all teachers of youth on May 15, 1950.

[9] Short "one-line" prayers are recited in Lasallian educational institutions during the school day, Typical wordings of some are:[10] Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God.

[12] Since the 1980s increasing numbers of cases of sexual and physical abuse of children, covered up by authorities, in institutions of the Catholic Church[13] and others[14] have been reported.

"[37]: 15:22  Others angry at the institutions' apologies included Caroline Farry, who attended St Joseph's Training School in Middletown from 1978 to 1981, overseen by nuns from the Sisters of St Louis,[37]: 15:04  Pádraigín Drinan from Survivors of Abuse,[37]: 14:55  and Alice Harper, whose brother, a victim of the De La Salle Brothers, had since died.

[37]: 14:55  Peter Murdock, from campaign group Savia, was at Nazareth Lodge Orphanage with his brother (who had recently died); he likened the institution to an "SS camp".