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One in Four Director Maeve Lewis has described as “staggering” revelations that the Bishop of Down and Connor made a complaint against the head of the National Council for the Safeguarding of Children in the Catholic Church.
In a statement, Bishop Noel Treanor said he accepted the findings of a report that found there was no basis for his complaint.
Ian Elliott is head of the Catholic Church’s watchdog, which was set up to monitor and report on how child protection guidelines are being implemented.
But newspaper reports revealed that Mr Elliott was the subject of a complaint last year from a senior member of the Catholic hierarchy.
The Sunday Times reported that Bishop Treanor complained that Mr Elliott was engaging in spin against the church during media briefings.
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