IRELAND
Irish Examiner
By Conor Ryan
Thursday, September 06, 2012
An abuser from within the Dominican Friars played a role in national initiatives of the Catholic Church to improve responses to child abuse.
The man was alleged to have abused children in the late 1950s and early 1960. The accusations were not made until 1990. He stayed in his ministry until 1995, during which time he took part in the anti-abuse measures.
In another case a prolifically abusive priest, labelled Fr X, was told about an allegation made by a pupil in 1973.
However, the report of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (NBSCCC) said this only led to further torment for the child. “[The boy] was sent to the headmaster and was further abused by [Fr X]. The boy then advised that this second abuse had happened, but he was not believed because the abuse was denied by Fr X.”
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