Origin from 1680
A Roman Catholic religious institute of brothers, not priests, founded in Waterford, Ireland in 1802 by Edmund Rice to educate poor children, which grew into a worldwide network of schools before becoming, from the 1990s onward, one of the religious orders most associated with the clerical and institutional child abuse scandals in Irish and other English speaking Catholic school systems.
Facts
Accountability
Settlement TotalThe Christian Brothers Institute and Christian Brothers of Ireland Inc, the order's two North American legal entities, reached a bankruptcy settlement of more than 16.5 million dollars in 2013 with more than 400 survivors of sexual abuse at Christian Brothers schools across the United States and Canada, who were treated as unsecured creditors in the proceeding, per Irish Times reporting. 16.5 million dollars is recorded as a documented floor. This is the North American settlement figure alone; it does not cover the order's separate Irish redress contributions or its worldwide holdings, which are not consolidated into one published total. Response Policy AdoptedThe Congregation published child protection policies and procedures as Keeping Children Safe in 2009, updated in 2010 as Keeping Children Safe: Safeguarding Children, established a Safeguarding Management Committee in 2011, and issued a further revision, Keeping Children Safe: Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults, in 2013, per the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland's own practice review. 4 Recorded from the National Board's Ireland focused review; this atlas has not verified whether the Congregation's other provinces outside Ireland adopted comparable policies on the same timeline. Finances
Institutional Wealth or FinancesThe Christian Brothers Institute and Christian Brothers of Ireland Inc, the order's two North American legal entities, reached a bankruptcy settlement of more than 16.5 million dollars in 2013 with more than 400 survivors of sexual abuse at Christian Brothers schools across the United States and Canada, who were treated as unsecured creditors in the proceeding. This is the North American settlement figure alone; it does not cover the order's separate Irish redress contributions or its worldwide holdings, which are not consolidated into one published total. 3 Wealth Figure As Of Year Origins
Origin Period Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 2 Organisation
Membership Eligibility Connections
Contained In
Source Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Originated In
Source Wikipedia, "Congregation of Christian Brothers"
Sources
1. Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent)History section
This congregation was founded in 1680, at Reims , France , by St. John Baptist de La Salle , then a canon of the metropolitan church of that city.
Nature and object
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a society of male religious approved by the Church , but not taking Holy orders , and having for its object the personal sanctification of its members and the Christian education of youth, especially of the children of artisans and the poor.
View the Source 2. Wikipedia, "Congregation of Christian Brothers"
lead paragraph
The Congregation of Christian Brothers (Latin: Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Edmund Rice.
Originated In: Ireland, Lead section
Their first school opened in Waterford, Ireland, in 1802.
In Group: Catholic Missionary and Teaching Congregations of Men, Introduction, sentences 1-2
The Congregation of Christian Brothers (Latin: Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Edmund Rice. Their first school opened in Waterford, Ireland, in 1802.
View the Source3. Christian Brothers to Pay Millions of Dollars to Abuse Victims in US and Canada (The Irish Times, 2013)
4. Christian Brothers Practice Review (National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland)
National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland, National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in IrelandEntity description, activityQuote, Entity description, activity
founded in Waterford, Ireland in 1802 by Edmund Rice to educate poor children, which grew into a worldwide network of schools
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