IRELAND
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The culture of denial is endemic in the Catholic Church world-wide according to a Dublin Augustinian priest.
Michael Mernagh says if an audit was done of every religious congregation in the country many more cases of child abuse and their cover-up would be revealed.
His comments follow the publication of the reports of 7 audits of religious congregations and dioceses by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church yesterday.
They found more than 330 allegations of abuse against 146 priests and members of congregations.
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