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35-757: The McCoy Report is an eight-year (1999–2007) inquiry by Elizabeth Healy and Kevin McCoy into the Brothers of Charity Order's " Holy Family School" in Galway , Ireland, and two other locations. The Report was published by the Health Service Executive in December 2007. The report, which was begun in 1999 and made public in December 2007, found that eleven brothers and seven other staff members were alleged to have abused 21 intellectually disabled children in residential care in

70-463: A former pedagogical director of a Brothers' school and a former BOB (Belgian federal police officer) testified that René Stockman prevented them from investigating a complaint of sexual abuse of a mentally handicapped girl by a priest who was later found guilty by the Kortrijk court in the first instance but was acquitted on appeal on the basis of doubt whether the specific priest was the one who committed

105-473: A member of the governing board of the new moderate Liberal Association, put himself up as a candidate for the municipality Council elections and was elected. Three years later he was re-elected for a second period of three years, but in 1854 he made an end to his political career. In 1852, the municipality Council of Ghent accepted his plans for a new psychiatric hospital and in 1857 the Guislain Institute

140-541: A new internal regulations for them. A brand new psychiatric institute began in 1857 and is still working today. Dr J. Guislain Museum was inaugurated within the walls of this institute: it offers a survey of the evolution in the care for people with a mental health illness and highlights the work of Dr J. Guislain and Canon P.J. Triest. From 1820 on the Brothers took over or erected psychiatric institutes in many countries. Around 2000

175-526: A responsibility in the social engagement of the congregation. In order to develop the social engagement, the congregation has some 15,000 lay co-workers worldwide (11,000 in Belgium), participating in the social projects and sharing the mission of the congregation. The Brothers of Charity have consultative status to the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs. In order to develop fund raising,

210-593: A special institute in Ghent. The work of the brothers attracted the attention of foreign bishops. The American province was founded in 1865 with the arrival of five Belgian brothers in Montreal ; the congregation was incorporated in 1869 under the title of "Brothers of Charity of Vincent de Paul of Montreal". The Brothers of Charity directed, among other establishments, the Montreal Reformatory School and Protectory;

245-626: A teacher training course with the Brothers of the Christian Schools . In 1825, Br. Benedict, the principal of the primary school in Bruges, translated and published a book on education by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle . In 1823 two Brothers were sent to Prof. H.D. Guyot's institute in Groningen in order to prepare the start of the school for the deaf at the Byloke. In 1825 and 1835, education for deaf children

280-509: Is divided into four administrative provinces that correspond with the continents: Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. These four provinces represent a total of 14 regions that correspond in turn with the countries where the brothers are present. The superior general is elected for a term of six years by the general chapter and he runs the Congregation with the help of the general council, and

315-436: Is suspected and "it seems no one was called to account". Brothers of Charity The first work of the Brothers of Charity was caring for elderly men at Byloke. In 1809, Brother Jan Porter of the Byloke hospice, started to teach the alphabet to some street urchins at the gate. The first school was established in 1814. In 1815 the brothers began to tend to patients with mental illness that had been confined and restrained in

350-597: The Superior General of the Brothers of Charity. [REDACTED] Media related to Brothers of Charity of Gent at Wikimedia Commons [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). " Congregation of the Brothers of Charity ". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. Joseph Guislain Joseph Guislain ( Ghent , 2 February 1797 – Ghent, 1 April 1860)

385-546: The 2000 BOC had eight orthopedagogical institutes in Belgium: two for people who had a serious intellectual disability, four for people with a mild intellectual disability, one for people who were hearing-impaired and physically disabled, and another one for blind, deaf and hearing-impaired people. A total of 1700 staff care for 2600 people with some form of physical or intellectual disability. In mission countries, as well as in Ireland and

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420-532: The Brothers focused on education, but in recent years services for people with a disability and people with a mental illness have been developed. Originally based in Ghent, the administration was transferred in Rome in 1967. As of 2011, there were about 700 brothers working in about thirty countries. The brothers take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. The International Novitiate is in Nairobi, Kenya. The Congregation

455-640: The Brothers of Charity were caring for 5000 patients with 5100 staff in 13 institutes in Belgium. Congo, Rwanda and Burundi each have a psychiatric center. More recently, projects have been set up in India, The Ivory Coast, South Africa, Romania and Tanzania. Although the Brothers of Charity were not a missionary Congregation by definition, five Brothers were sent to the then Belgian Congo, namely to Lusambo, in 1911. Later on missionary Brothers settled in Rwanda and Burundi; in 1928

490-1181: The Church of St. Bavon in Ghent, on account of his services in the cause of charity, was called the Vincent de Paul of his country, and was three times decorated by royal hands with the highest civic orders of the land. After his death his countrymen erected a superb mausoleum to his honor in Brussels, the Belgian capital. In 1911, the first mission took place in Democratic Republic of Congo; thereafter, new houses were established in South Africa, Rwanda and Indonesia (1929), Burundi (1938), India (1936/1994), Peru (1962), Italy (1967), Japan and Papua New Guinea (1970), The Philippines (1981), Sri Lanka (1989), Pakistan (1990), Tanzania and Kivu (1994), Ivory Coast (1996), Brazil (1997), Romania (1999), Kenya (2002), Vietnam (2004), China (2008), Zambia (2009), Ethiopia (2010), Central Africa Republic (2011) etc. The first Brothers started with

525-531: The McCoy Report was criticized by Dr Margaret Kennedy for not naming the sex offenders who were convicted or dead, and for interviewing just 21 out of 135 complainants. In 2010, Kennedy has also criticised the Irish parliament 's special committee to enquire into the McCoy Report for not challenging the Brothers who arranged the movements of abusers between Galway, Lota (near Cork city ) and Liverpool . Police collusion

560-471: The North West of England. The Congregation is the largest provider in Ireland of services for people with an intellectual disability. The Brothers of Charity have been involved in the care for people with a mental illness in Belgium since 1815. They were guided by Dr Joseph Guislain , the first Belgian psychiatrist and doctor-in-chief of the two existing mental hospitals in Ghent. In 1828 he and Triest wrote

595-614: The S. Benoit-Joseph Labre Insane Asylum and S. Philippe de Neri Retreat at Longue-Pointe near Montreal; the Mont S. Bernard Commercial and Scientific College at Sorel, P.Q.; the S. Frederic Academic School at Drummondville . The Brothers of Charity established a presence in England in 1882. The following year they opened their first services in Ireland to provide for mental health needs. The constitutions were approved and confirmed by Pope Leo XIII on 4 July 1899. Peter Joseph Triest, titular canon of

630-568: The Supreme Pontifex through the Congregation of Consecrated Life. For all matters concerning religious life, the congregation is under the jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, as expressed in the Canon Law. In order to open a house, the congregation has to ask the permission of the local ordinary (bishop). He cannot intervene directly in the organization of the congregation, but has to contact

665-400: The U.K., the Brothers of Charity Services are responsible for the administration of several support services for people with an intellectual disability. Bro Ebergist De Deyne published a book on "L'éducation sensorielle chez les enfants anormaux" in 1922; it broke new ground in special education. The Brothers of Charity offer support services to over 500 people with learning disabilities across

700-528: The abuse of children with an intellectual disability. This abuse is detailed in the McCoy Report . Compensation for this abuse has been issued from the congregation via the redress process. In Belgium, offenses within the Church are documented by the Commission Adriaenssens - named after its chairman, the Belgian psychiater Peter Adriaenssens. In 2011, Superior General René Stockman stated before

735-430: The abuse. The former BOB was threatened with the dismissal of his wife from a Catholic institution. In response to the documentary, the congregation acknowledges that the name "Brothers of Charity" was mentioned several times and that a dark chapter from the history, the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, was highlighted. The congregation apologizes for any form of sexual abuse in the past. To this day, René Stockman remains

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770-641: The care of elderly men; this first apostolic work continues even today and has developed specializations for patients with Alzheimer and other types of senile dementia. In 1996, in St Vincent Region in Belgium, instruction was given in 33 schools for mainstream nursery and primary education serving 8781 pupils with 820 staff; 15 mainstream secondary schools serving 7121 students with 1278 staff; and 7 special primary schools and 8 special trade schools serving 1253 students with 316 staff. The brothers are also involved in educational projects in other countries. Around

805-483: The cellar of the Gerard-the-Devil castle . The name "Brothers of Charity" was given to the Brothers by the people of Ghent where they first served amongst the poor and the neglected elderly. The services provided by the Brothers of Charity were appreciated by the people and Government of Belgium, and in a short time the community developed and expanded. In 1820, a Brother novice was sent to Namur in order to take

840-536: The congregation has a foundation called Caraes, based in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy. They have the possibility to offer tax exemption in these countries and in the United States. Each region has its own capital, budget and bookkeeping for the development of religious life and the social engagement. In many countries, the activities are funded by the government and are monitored by them. For those countries where

875-575: The first two houses were established in Transvaal (S. Africa). Dutch Brothers settled in Indonesia in particular, and in India (1936) for a few years. A house was founded in Cuba in 1950. Thereafter Peru, Japan, New Guinea, The Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, The Ivory Coast, India, Tanzania, Brazil, Vietnam, Nicaragua, etc. got one or more institutes managed by the Brothers of Charity. Originally, all mission work of

910-407: The general superior. To close a house, the congregation has to inform the local bishop. As an apostolic congregation, the Brothers of Charity have developed a clear mission as a concretization of their charism . In order to develop their social engagement in collaboration with lay co-workers, they share this mission with them, so as to maintain the spirit of charity in their works. In each country,

945-484: The government does not support the activities sufficiently, the congregation develops solidarity between the different parts of the congregation. The history of the Brothers of Charity also bears the scars of decades of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church . In Ireland, a Member of the Brothers of Charity Congregation has been cited as committing a number of child abuse offenses in Ireland, including

980-456: The patients in a decent and therapeutically justified way. In 1850, together with Edouard Ducpétiaux , he was at the basis of the law on psychiatric care, which would remain the framework for psychiatric care in Belgium until 1991. Joseph Guislain published his Traité sur les phrénopathies in 1833, in which he proposed a new form of psychiatric classification. He argued that although mental illnesses could take many forms they were all derived from

1015-486: The period 1965–1998. By 2007, two members of staff were convicted of abuse, eight had died and the rest had retired. It emerged that the Order had attempted to transfer at least one accused brother to another place. Jimmy Devins , a junior government minister, regretted that "some of the most vulnerable people in society were let down in the past". Brother Noel Corcoran, head of the Order's services in Ireland, apologized. However

1050-512: The provincial and regional superiors. In the United States, they have houses in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. The congregation observes the legal norms of each country and takes the form of a legal person as provided in the different countries. In general, the regional superior and his regional council accept legal responsibility in each country, they legally represent the congregation. The general superior receives his authority directly from

1085-404: The regional superior is the chairman of the board of the foundation, and the regional councilors are the members. If necessary, the region can develop another board or possibly several boards for the development of the social engagement. The congregation has 150 associate members, officially recognized by the Church and participating in the spiritual patrimony of the congregation. Some of them have

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1120-509: The same single disease process. This gave rise to the psychiatric doctrine of unitary psychosis which was highly influential in German psychiatry from the mid-nineteenth century. In his three-volume work Leçons orales sur les phrénopathies of 1852 he further expanded his vision on mental illness. In 1835, he was appointed as professor in physiology at the University of Ghent. In 1848, he became

1155-462: The special parliamentary committee in Belgium that he was aware of fifteen cases of sexual abuse of minors within his congregation. In 2023, the Coghe family testified in a documentary series titled " Godvergeten  [ nl ] " (Forgotten by God) about their fight for the recognition of the abuse of their slightly disabled daughter in an institution of the Brothers of Charity. In this documentary,

1190-487: Was a Belgian physician and a pioneer in psychiatry . Guislain started his medical studies at Ecole de Médicine and he was one of the first students to the University of Ghent ; he graduated as a medical doctor in 1819. In 1828 Guislain became head of the psychiatric hospitals of Ghent, for which he wrote a new internal regulation together with Petrus Josef Triest . It was the first of its type and stipulated how to handle

1225-440: Was started in Ghent and in Brussels respectively. From the very beginning, the Brussels institute also admitted blind children. At the Brothers' orphanages, much attention was paid to teaching the children a trade; this trend was continued later with people with a disability. In 1840 the brothers began to provide services to people with an intellectual disability. From 1877, children with an intellectual disability were accommodated in

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