These celebrations took place as two senior gardaí at Dublin's Fitzgibbon St. station were prevented from pursuing allegations of abuse by two Christian Brothers of boys at Artane Industrial School. The Superior, the Rev Brother T. M. Lennane, and the school chaplain, Fr. William Kenny, succeeded in hushing up a potential scandal with the assistance of McQuaid and Justice Minister, Gerald Boland. In a climate of opinion hostile to prosecution of clergy the two gardaí were told not to proceed with the case.