VARADKAR ‘FAILED ON MY ABUSE DOSSIER’
Grace whistleblower warned of social worker with child porn and of paedophile allowed to adopt
THE HSE whistleblower who first brought the Grace case to the attention of Leo Varadkar has accused the Taoiseach of not doing enough to protect other at-risk people he was told about.
In addition to the Grace case, the whistleblower informed the Taoiseach about many other horrifying cases of neglect in a protected disclosure, dated September 2014, when Mr Varadkar was facing his first Dáil term as health minister.
The disclosure informed Mr Varadkar that the same HSE officials responsible for leaving Grace in the care of a foster family for decades, despite allegations of physical and sexual abuse, had also: Allowed a paedophile to adopt and raise a child. Allowedachildwhowasindangertodie
1972
A trainee priest becomes a house parent at an orphanage where he abuses at least four child residents.
1986-87
The man sexually abuses a 10-year-old girl at his home.
1995
The man marries.
1998
The authorities are informed, in High Court papers, that the man is accused of abuse during his time at the orphanage.
1999
Despite the open abuse case against him, the man is cleared to adopt.
2002
The Redress Board is established and four residents of the orphanage make complaints of child sexual abuse against the man.
2003
The man is arrested on foot of a complaint from a pupil he was teaching in the 1980s. a social worker is contacted by an informant with concerns about the man being a danger. He tries and fails to rescind the adoption.
2005
The man is charged with four counts of indecent assault against the girl in the 1980s. He remains living with his adoptee.
2006
The case of abuse – launched in 1998 – finally concludes as the HSE and the government admit liability for the assaults perpetrated by the man and others at the orphanage.
2012
The man is sentenced to two years in prison for the abuse of the girl in the 1980s.
2013
The man is released from prison and allowed to return home to his wife and adopted child – who is now in their midteens.
2014
The social worker includes the case in a protected disclosure to Leo Varadkar.
2016
the man’s appeal against his conviction for abusing the girl in the 1980s fails.
2018
The man dies.