IRELAND
The Irish Times
PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent
The Catholic Church’s National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) was notified about 237 additional clerical child sex abuse cases up to April 1st this year.
These involved 196 priests or religious and originated predominantly from adults who complained of abuse which took place in their childhood.
Just six cases related to alleged abuse that occurred since the year 2000.
It represents a drop on the previous year when 272 new reports were made to the NBSC.
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