IRELAND
Kilkenny People
Published on Wednesday 12 September 2012
THERE were 18 allegations of sexual abuse made against 10 priests in the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin in the past 37 years.
THE diocese, which encompasses local towns such as Graignamanagh, Paulstown and Bagenalstown, is one of those recently audited by the National Board for Safeguarding Children.
Two of the priests against whom allegations were made are still alive.
One of those, Father Peter Cribben, was convicted of the abuse of a 14-year-old boy in 2009. The second priest was never charged.
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