IRELAND
Irish Independent
[Murphy Report: Fr. Benito – BishopAccountability.org]
By Paul Melia
Thursday April 26 2012
A PRIEST named in the Murphy Report was asked to step aside from his ministry in February after new information relating to an allegation of child sexual abuse emerged.
The Dublin diocese confirmed yesterday that the priest, given the pseudonym of Fr Benito in the report, had been asked to leave his post after new information relating to abuse allegations made to gardai in September 2001 was passed on to authorities.
Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said yesterday that the new information relating to the allegations, which was received by child protection services, gardai and HSE just before Christmas, resulted in him reassessing the allegations against Fr Benito, before asking him to leave his ministry.
However, he said he could not inform the parish pastoral council, made up of members of the community, or the parish’s child safeguarding officer of the allegations until recently because of legal restrictions.
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