Paedophiles in same hospital ward as children!!!

Parents want Donagh abuse brothers moved from hospital

A group of parents in Londonderry are demanding that two paedophiles be removed from the ward where their children are being treated for learning disabilities.

James and Owen Roe McDermott from Donagh in Fermanagh voluntarily admitted themselves to the unit last week. The pair abused children in their village for 30 years.

The Western Trust is now facing calls to have them removed after the families of children and young adults in the ward met in Derry on Monday night.

One parent, who did not want to give her name said they should be moved immediately.

"If they are not fit for society why bring them in to live amongst our children," she said.

"Our children have a right to proper care and I don't want them in amongst paedophiles."

The brothers were allowed to return home to the village in June after they were declared mentally unfit to stand trial.

Survivors of the abuse welcomed their move to a psychiatric unit but said it would not solve the problem in the long-term.

Between them, four McDermott brothers, from Moorlough Road in Donagh, faced 60 charges of abuse spanning five decades.

John McDermott was jailed for nine years in June for the abuse, which was described as frequent, regular and persistent.

Peter Paul McDermott took his own life during his trial on abuse charges involving two young boys.

The other two brothers, James and Owen, were given lifetime orders banning them from being with children, and a two-year treatment and supervision order placing them in the care of social services.