Jun 23, 2026 – 4.00pmOne of the country’s most senior Catholic Church officials says he hopes the Christian Brothers can find a way of paying compensation to thousands of victims of clerical abuse after the 183-years-old order warned it was running out of money and would have to shut down within months.In a pointed message, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe noted that the abuse occurred in institutions “now operated by Edmund Rice Education Australia”, an organisation that was split out of the Christian Brothers two decades ago to oversee a string of prominent schools.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Schools feel heat over redress after Christian Brothers collapse
One of the country’s most senior Catholic archbishops says victims of abuse at institutions operated by a group related to the order should be compensated.
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Christian Brothers, 183-year-old Catholic order, faces imminent shutdown within months due to insufficient funds for clerical abuse compensation. Archbishop Costelloe highlighted that abuse occurred in institutions now operated by Edmund Rice Education Australia, raising accountability questions about redress obligations.
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