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Fri, 14 May 2021
The Education Minister has apologised to families after the conviction of a former youth worker was caught with indecent images of children.
An inquiry was launched by The Isle of Man Safeguarding Board launched an inquiry after the conviction in March 2018
The man had been commissioned to paint a mural at St Mary's Primary School in Douglas.
Before his conviction the man had an association with the Department of Education, Sport and Culture (DESC).
An inquiry was launched after parents raised serious concerns having read about the court case in the local media.
All affected parents have now received a general overview of the inquiry’s findings and recommendations from the Safeguarding Board, which focusses mainly on school safeguarding procedures, as they were at the time, but identified opportunities to improve practice, policy and procedures across relevant departments to improve services.
The Minister for Education, Sport and Culture is currently writing to the families affected to apologise for the anguish this has caused them.
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