Galway Foster Home Rape Case

Cork Lass

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0424/956727-foster-home-galway/

This is such a sad story that it made me cry. Three young girls we’re entrusted into the care of foster parents whose son repeatedly raped them. Fair dues to the girls for giving evidence against him in court and to Rachel Barry for giving up her anonimity so that he could be named. His sentence is a measly seven and a half years but there’s not a mention of the foster parents. Surely they knew what was going on and even after there was a complaint he had unsupervised access to the children. How can this happen? The HSE and TUSLA have a lot to answer for. I know there are great foster parents out there but how the hell does this happen.

Neyite

He's 29 and the charges for crimes committed between 2003 and 2007. That puts him at age 14-18 at the time.

I'm surprised he even got 7.5 years considering he was a minor for some of the charges and given the crap sentencing sex abuse cases usually get in this country.

Cork Lass

I agree, sentencing for this type of crime is often very light but again, what the hell were the foster parents at. I find it hard to believe they didn’t know what was going on. When I was watching Prime Time I just wanted to give Rachel a massive hug. Those poor girls have been to hell and back.

lulu1

Those poor poor children all under 10 years old at the time. It dosen't bear thinking about

kam3qnwvebf4jh

That poor girl Amy sentenced to stay in the home for a further 4 years even though Rachel had already told the guards and HSE. She should take a civil action against the DPP who dropped the original case and whoever in the HSE signed the letter stating that she should not be removed but to keep her away from the accused.
Finally after all that to be failed again by judge Michael Moriarty who gave out a pathetic sentence of 6.5 yrs.

Cork Lass

Exactly, who made that decision? Whoever they are they should be made accountable.

Pero_Bueno

Christ it's a horrible case - and totally avoidable !
Seems he got off lightly.

PandaPoo

This is unbelievable. I grew up in the foster system and know a lot of foster carers through it. One lady was accused of hitting a child and was never allowed foster again. It's disgusting and inexcusable that this carried on after it was reported.

Cucumber1

I am so moved by this story, What an amazing girl Rachel is. Only for her perseverance and great courage we heard the story. State failed her so badly that she had to go public to get any justice.
Just heard the head of Tulsa on rte say that moving kids between foster home is traumatic so they decided not to??!! Even after the child says what happened?????
This is incomprehensible.
Isn't this common sense to take kids out asap once credible evidence is presented???
Huge hug to those girls.
God knows how many more....

Why foster parents were not questioned is beyond me.
They must be political connection there.

JupiterKid

Awful case. I could understand if this happened in the 70s or 80s as so many children in care were abused at the time but in the 2000s? Heads need to roll over this!

eviltwin

The system is messed up. Myself and my husband were turned down for fostering because we couldn't provide any potential foster child with their own room. So sharing a room is out but sexual and physical abuse is tolerated. Weird priorities.

Mutant z

Sick pervert gets off lightly as per usual in this country the rights of the actual victims are trampled on while scum who commit henious crimes are being short sentences pathetic.

Mutant z

You would have to question the ignorance of the foster parents surely they must of had some idea about what was happening.

retro:electro

He’s a relative of Gerald Barry who raped and killed Manuela Riedo.

Unfortunately I’ve heard of this happening before. Children are fostered out into homes where there’ll be an older brother away in college and only home at weekends who often doesn’t view the foster children as siblings or even as people in some cases. Very tragic and the girls in this case were very brave.

Grayson

I don't know what can be said in this case. It's horrible. they need to investigate the AGS, DPP and Tulsa. make sure the people responsible are held accountable and put in measures to make sure it never happens again.