Family of cleric in RTE abuse claim seeks new probe

IRELAND
Irish Independent

By Edel Kennedy

Thursday April 12 2012

THE family of a dead man accused of child sex abuse on RTE’s ‘Mission To Prey’ programme has called on the Communications Minister to open an investigation into the accusations.

The family of Brother Gerard Dillon told the Irish Independent yesterday that a request made to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) to investigate his case alongside that of Fr Kevin Reynolds had been rejected.

The reason given was that the complaint was made more than 30 days after the ‘Prime Time Investigates’ programme was broadcast.