Christian Brothers spanked bare buttocks and punched boys in the head to keep discipline at the Mount Cashel orphanage. William Earle has testified that he was beaten regularly on his bare buttocks for breaking minor rules.’ (The [Montreal] Gazette, 23rd September, 1989)
In Australia, Brothers institutions in Western Australia have received similar accusations from ex-British child migrants in the late 1940s. Apart from regular (and legal) punishment with the strap, Brothers are alleged to have flogged boys beyond the bounds of legal punishment, hit them with any instrument that came to hand. Some stories are possibly exaggerated – others are undoubtedly true.
Pupils were cheeky and uncontrolled. Times were hard. Staff untrained. Resources inadequate. HOWEVER, discipline procedures diverged by a wide margin from the standards set by the leaders of the Order, and an equal distance again from the principles established by Edmund Rice.
When and why did these changes occur?
School Belt49
-
The Cane in UK Schools13
One of the most quoted Bacon’s caning cases, that of the expertly publicised Sue Olds which you instance, refers...
-
Alvin in the Fourth Scene 155
I looked and saw an enlarged map of the town and above it read, ‘Mineral Springs, Pennsylvania’. “Dude...
-
Sent out of class1
Thinking back to my secondary school days I recall that the headmaster used to patrol the school every hour...
-
A Crossdressers Wish3
I did … I wished I could be a very beautiful young girl. Just about that time, the falling...
-
Stories we Tell43
Chapter 43 — “How’s Daddy’s little girl this morning? Did she sleep good? I hope no scary dreams…...
-
Of Mice & Little Men Scene 17
After all the work you put into this, I knew that it would all be a waste if...
-
A Sissy Pet Scene 9
I had left my mothers house and dreaded what I would have to do,but my mother had made it...
-
Meg’s Transformation Scene 216
Megan learned to live with her mistakes and without Deanna around to remind her, she lived a whole...