IRELAND
Irish Times
PATSY McGARRY
SACRED HEART: THE NATIONAL Board for Safeguarding Children review of the Sacred Heart Missionaries (MSC) found the congregation’s child protection policies were “deeply flawed”.
It said it was “difficult to express adequately the failure of this society to effectively protect vulnerable children”.
The congregation “failed to take account of admissions by perpetrators by passing them on to the appropriate authorities. It even failed to alert other church authorities of the risks posed by identified individuals.”
Leaders at the congregation “failed to discharge their responsibilities to protect vulnerable young people who would come in contact with members against whom credible allegations had been made or who had admitted to abuse”.
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