IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Barry Duggan
Thursday September 06 2012
A BISHOP of Limerick allowed a priest with a child abuse conviction to serve in his diocese despite knowing of the cleric’s previous criminal behaviour.
The National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) audit believes the priest, who moved from overseas, went on to abuse children again.
Bishop Jeremiah Newman allowed him work in Limerick for less than a year in the ’80s, before he was removed.
The report found that it was only after Dr Newman’s successor, Dr Donal Murray, became bishop that children’s welfare became a priority in Limerick.
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