A total of 294 physical and emotional abuse allegations were made against 61 Nazareth Sisters, 40 now deceased. None was convicted in the courts. Just 115 were reported to police and health authorities. Eight of the accused sisters remain in ministry, 13 accused are retired and one has left the congregation.
The Catholic Church’s National
Board for Safeguarding Children was “unable to assess the extent to
which the Sisters of Nazareth have dealt with the allegations and
concerns that have arisen, due to the unavailability of any
contemporaneous case file records”.