Adrian Nyel was a 17th-century French educator. Nyel was a layman, who was in charge of the house for the poor in Rouen , France, where he also oversaw the education of poor boys, along with supervising poorly paid teachers. This charge was given by Pierre Lambert de la Motte in 1656.
36-580: AFSC may stand for any of the following: Affiliate of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools , used as post-nominal initials American Friends Service Committee Air Force Specialty Code Air Force Systems Command Air Force Safety Center Air Force Space Command , often abbreviated as AFSPC to avoid confusion with
72-594: A " socially responsible investing service " exclusively for Catholic organisations, saying that it "encourage[s] companies to improve policies and practices through active ownership". The Brothers arrived in Martinez, California , US, on the southern edge of the Carquinez Strait , part of the greater San Francisco Bay in 1868. In 1882 they began making wine for their own use at table and as sacramental wine . They also began to distill brandy , beginning with
108-654: A deputy headmaster, and Brothers were reported to have been among those responsible. Police launched an investigation into allegations of abuse at the school between the 1940s and 1970s after former pupils were interviewed by BBC Hereford and Worcester , and documents intended to be unavailable until 2044 were released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 . In 2017 and 2018 two former staff members were tried for serious sexual offences, assault causing actual bodily harm , and child cruelty. They were acquitted of all charges other than three charges of child cruelty against one of
144-524: A neighbourhood of the jungle city of Iquitos . He helped tribes in the Amazon rainforest to fight against oil and gas companies expanding into the rainforest; local news media described him as a "Tarzan activist", "white terrorist" and "incendiary gringo priest". In July 2010, the Peruvian government revoked his residency permit for participating in activities "such as protest marches and other acts against
180-895: A retreat located there. In the Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA), an inquiry into institutional sexual and physical abuse in Northern Ireland institutions that were in charge of children from 1922 to 1995, the De La Salle Brothers admitted in 2014 to the abuse of boys at two institutions: the former De La Salle Boys' Home Rubane House in Kircubbin, County Down , and St Patrick's Training School in west Belfast , and apologised to its victims. The order accepted that one of its earliest overseers engaged in sexual offences. Representing
216-658: A wealthy lady of Rouen, gave the fifty-nine year old Nyel money and encouraged him to begin a free school for boys in Reims. She gave him a letter of introduction to her relative, Father Jean-Baptiste de La Salle . When Nyel arrived in Reims in March 1679, he went to the Sisters of the Infant Jesus , who ran an orphanage and school for poor girls in the town, in order to solicit their help in his project. As it happened, while he
252-591: A widespread condemnation from former, allegedly abused pupils who lack the evidence to bring about a prosecution. Adrian Nyel Nyel was an administrator at the General Hospice of Rouen, which provided various social services for the poor, including education. With the help of Nicholas Barré , he recruited young men as teachers for the poor boys of Rouen. He had already opened four schools in Rouen under civic administration when Mme Jeanne Dubois Maillefer,
288-700: Is a Catholic lay religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded in France by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651–1719), and now based in Rome , Italy. The De La Salle Brothers are also known as the Christian Brothers (sometimes by Lasallian organisations themselves ), French Christian Brothers , or Lasallian Brothers . The Lasallian Christian Brothers are distinct from the Congregation of Christian Brothers , often also referred to as simply
324-523: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools The De La Salle Brothers , officially named the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools ( Latin : Fratres Scholarum Christianarum ; French : Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes ; Italian : Fratelli delle Scuole Cristiane ) abbreviated FSC ,
360-569: The pot-still production method that is used in the cognac region. Their production expanded until 1920, when prohibition limited their production to wines for sacramental use. In 1932, at the end of Prohibition , they relocated the winery to the Mont La Salle property in the Napa Valley and continued making wine, in larger quantities. In 1935 Brother Timothy Diener became wine master, and he served in this position for 50 years. In
396-646: The 1950s they acquired Greystone Cellars near St. Helena, California . Varietal wine was made at the Napa Valley facility, generic wine and brandy were produced at Reedley in the San Joaquin Valley , and barrel ageing was handled at Greystone. The Christian Brothers winery operated under the corporate name "Mont La Salle Vineyards". In 1988 the winery employed 250 people and produced 900,000 cases of wine, 1.2 million cases of brandy, and 80,000 cases of altar wine. Proceeds from sales helped to fund
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#1732775594052432-677: The Brothers of the Christian Schools, and set up a school in a poor shantytown in Lima ; after a few years he was honoured with the British award of MBE for his work. He gave the award away and said that he would otherwise have returned it in protest at British companies' activities in the rainforest. In 2000, he founded the La Salle Intercultural Student Community, a hostel for indigenous schoolchildren in Belén,
468-576: The Brothers operates out of the Generalate in Rome, Italy and is made up of the Superior General and his councillors. A number of Lasallian institutions in several countries have been accused of, and have admitted and apologised for, long-standing and serious physical and sexual abuse against their charges. In March, 1679, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle met Adrian Nyel in a chance encounter at
504-542: The Christian Brothers programs and schools, such as Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, and the care of ageing Brothers. In 1989 the vineyards were sold to Heublein, Inc. The sacramental wine brand was purchased by four former Christian Brothers winery executives who as of 2023 carry on production under the name "Mont La Salle Altar Wines". The Brothers retained the Mont La Salle property and have
540-942: The Christian Brothers, or Irish Christian Brothers. The Lasallian Brothers use the post-nominal abbreviation FSC to denote their membership of the order, and the honorific title Brother, abbreviated "Br." The Lasallian order stated that as of December 2023 the Institute had 2,883 Brothers, who helped in running 1,154 education centers in 78 countries with 1,160,328 students, together with 107,827 teachers and lay associates. There are La Salle educational institutions in countries ranging from impoverished nations such as Nigeria to post-secondary institutions such as Bethlehem University ( Bethlehem , Palestine ), Manhattan University ( New York City ), US, College Mont La Salle ( Ain Saadeh , Lebanon), and La Salle University ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , US). The central administration of
576-512: The Convent of the Sisters of the Infant Jesus . Nyel asked for La Salle's help in opening free schools for the poor boys in Reims. A novitiate and normal school were established in Paris in 1694. La Salle spent his life teaching poor children in parish charity schools. The school flourished and widened in scope; in 1725, six years after La Salle's death, the society was recognised by the pope, under
612-747: The French government in 1808. Since then its members penetrated into nearly every country of Europe, Africa, America , Asia and Australia. As religious , members take the three usual vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience . The Institute's headquarters is in Rome, Italy. The order has five global regions: North America (Région Lasallienne de l’Amérique du Nord, RELAN), Asia/Oceania (Pacific-Asia Regional Conference, PARC), Europe/Mediterranean (Région Lasallienne Européenne-Méditerranéenne, RELEM), Africa (Région Lasallienne Africano-Malgache, RELAF), and Latin America (Region Latinoamericana Lasallista, RELAL). During
648-642: The International Year of Literacy/Schooling (1990), the Unesco awarded the Noma Literacy Prize to Lasallian Institutions. The order says that its key principles are faith in the presence of God, concern for the poor and social justice, inclusive community, respect for all people, and quality education. In 2017 the Institute had 3,800 brothers, 75% fewer than in 1965. The decline is due partly to many brothers reaching retirement age, and
684-502: The Peruvian state which constitute a breach of public order." He fought the expulsion in Peruvian courts and won his right to stay. On 2 April 2019, his dead body was discovered in the same hostel he founded in Iquitos; his body had been burned after his death. Peru's episcopal conference praised McAuley and called on the authorities to investigate the crime. In 1981, the Institute started Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS),
720-628: The US, with several lawsuits being settled in favour of victims. After the scandal became widely known, branches of the Order apologised, publicly or to individual victims, for several of these cases. At St William's residential school in Market Weighton , England, between 1970 and 1991 many boys were abused; 200 now-adult men have said they were abused. Abusers including the principal, James Carragher, were imprisoned in 2004 for past sexual abuse at
756-528: The de la Salle order, Kevin Rooney QC said the brothers recognised that some of their members had caused "immense pain" to children which was "in contradiction to their vocation". Senior Counsel Christine Smith QC said, "...[T]hose homes operated as outdated survivors of a bygone age." The Inquiry's first public hearings were held from January to May 2014 with the inquiry team reporting to the Executive by
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#1732775594052792-642: The defendants, on which the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Other, named, abusers were reported to have died. There were other cases with many victims in countries including Scotland (St Ninian's in Gartmore, Stirlingshire; St Joseph's in Tranent; St Mary's in Bishopbriggs), Australia, and Ireland where "Some 46 alleged abusers are named in these 84 allegations of sex abuse." Serious and detailed allegations about decades-old abuse have been reported in
828-646: The home. Five victims started High Court action for compensation in 2016. Four of the cases were dismissed in December 2016 The De La Salle order repeated their apologies for and condemnation of the abuse. The De La Salle Brothers also operated the controversial BoysTown school between 1961 and 2001, which is known for having the largest case of child abuse at a single institution in Australia's history. Although only two staff, Brother Francis Brophy and Stephen Anthony Gray, were convicted of child sexual abuse by 2017,
864-615: The institutional representatives. In the 1960s the deputy headmaster of St Gilbert's approved school (for young minor offenders) run by Brothers from the De La Salle order in Hartlebury , Worcestershire , England, was convicted of six counts of sexually abusing boys at the school. He was subsequently reinstated as a teacher at another school. In 2014, former pupils of the school described "a 30-year campaign of sadistic and degrading abuse" including rapes and beatings. A headmaster,
900-496: The matter to police. On 11 March 2022 statements of apology were made in the Northern Ireland Assembly by ministers from the five main political parties in Northern Ireland and by representatives of six institutions where abuse had taken place, including Br Francis Manning representing the De La Salle Brothers. Several abuse survivors and their family members were critical of the apologies that were made by
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972-737: The official title of "Brothers of the Christian Schools". La Salle was canonised as a saint on 15 May 1900. In 1950 Pope Pius XII declared him to be the "Special Patron of All Teachers of Youth in the Catholic Church". The order, approved by Pope Benedict XIII in 1725, rapidly spread over France. It was dissolved by a decree of the National Assembly set up after the French Revolution in February 1790, but recalled by Napoleon I in 1804 and formally recognised by
1008-461: The order welcomed the inquiry. Before the abuse issue had become public a Brother wrote in a letter to an alleged abuser "It is best forgotten and I have told some brothers that no reference is to be made to it among themselves or the boys. The whole affair is best dropped with the prayer that all will learn that lesson that our holy rule is very wise in its prescriptions". The order conducted dozens of internal interviews in this case, but did not report
1044-451: The poor, he invited Nyel (along with the fourteen-year-old assistant he had brought with him) to his family home so that a suitable plan might be put together. Nyel opened his first school in Reims at the parishes of St. Maurice. These were not 'Charity Schools' for those that could pay did pay. Within a few months, word reached him that another wealthy widow in the town wanted to establish a similar school in her parish, but only if La Salle
1080-549: The small number of new recruits. In the same period the number of students in Lasallian schools increased from about 700,000 to over a million. The following have served as Superior General of the De La Salle Brothers: La Salle initiated a number of innovations in teaching. He recommended dividing up of the children into distinct classes according to their attainments. He also taught pupils to read
1116-425: The start of 2016 . Module 3: De La Salle Boys Home at Rubane House, Kircubbin , started on 29 September 2014 and was completed on 17 December, when the chairman paid tribute to the victims who testified. By October 2014 about 200 former residents of Rubane House made allegations of abuse, and 55 alleged that they themselves were physically or sexually abused. Billy McConville, orphaned when his mother Jean McConville
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1152-458: The trustees for the De La Salle Brothers had paid almost $ 27 million in compensation for 219 credible claims of abuse, representing the highest figure against a single church-run institution in Australia. Investigations and trials continued into 2022 involving a number of other schools and the De La Salle order has only apologised where they have been legally found guilty and not where the allegations haven't been prosecuted. This had brought about
1188-558: The vernacular language. In accordance with their mission statement "to provide a human and Christian education ... especially [to] the poor" the Brothers' principal activity is education, especially of the poor. The Lasallian order stated that as of December 2023 the Institute had 2,883 Brothers, who helped in running 1,154 education centers in 78 countries with 1,160,328 students, together with 107,827 teachers and lay associates. English Lasallian lay brother and missionary Paul McAuley went to Peru in 1995 as part of his ministry in
1224-452: Was abducted and shot by the IRA in 1972, waived anonymity and described repeated sexual and physical abuse, and starvation, at Rubane House. During the inquiry counsel for the De La Salle order said compensation had been paid, and accepted that some members had abused young boys at the home, but that the order believed that some claims "did not take place". Brother Francis Manning FSC said that
1260-516: Was involved. La Salle agreed to provide some supervision. Shortly afterwards Nyel opened another free school in St-Jacques parish. Not long after establishing these schools, Nyel went away to begin other schools in outlying areas, leaving La Salle to oversee the schools in Reims. Francis Meehan describes Nyel as brusque and impulsive. The relationship between Nyel, who was thirty-eight years older, and La Salle seems to have been amicable. Nyel had
1296-404: Was visiting the convent, La Salle arrived. The order had been founded by Nicolas Roland , young La Salle's spiritual director, who had named La Salle one of the executors of his will. The Mother Superior introduced the two men, and La Salle listened to the details of Nyel's project. As Nyel was new in Reims, and La Salle was aware that the town would not be much in favor of yet another school for
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