IRELAND
RTE News
The ten worst-known clerical abusers in the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin are alleged to have abused an average of 36 children each, according to its Annual Child Protection Update.
Five of them have been convicted in the courts. Three of these – along with two who have no convictions – are being supervised by the diocese. Two of the ten have died.
The allegations date back as far as the 1940s.
The Annual Child Protection Update from the Archdiocese of Dublin also states that half the allegations against a total of 98 of its priests relate to abuse alleged to have occurred in the 1960s and 70s, while one in three relate to the 1980s.
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