Church school fee to offset sex abuse costs [Independent.ie]
- Published: 22 May 2010
The imposition of an immediate and mandatory 'annual membership fee' -- effectively a non-negotiated tax -- by the Catholic Primary School Management Association (CPSMA) on virtually every primary school in the country is nothing less than outrageous.
Perversely, the measure effectively forces children to contribute to offsetting the costs incurred by the sexual abuse of other children -- abuses suffered by children whose right to protection was entrusted to a church that scandalously neglected its duty of care for nearly 40 years.
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