Why is it so difficult to sue the Christian Brothers?

<p>At his sentencing this week a Dublin court heard that retired Christian Brother <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2023/07/10/former-principal-of-christian-brothers-school-jailed-for-sexually-abusing-pupil-in-1980s/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Hendrick</a>&nbsp;felt 'extreme remorse' for his sexual abuse of Kenneth Grace, who in the early 1980s was a vulnerable schoolboy in Hendrick's care. </p><br><p>Mr Grace is suing the congregation of the Christian Brothers over the abuse he suffered from Hendrick, but the congregation has adopted a legal strategy that has been described as “cynical” and a form of “double abuse”.</p><br><p>Colm Keena explains the Christian Brothers makes life difficult for those wishing to hold them to account in the courts. </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>