IRELAND
Limerick Post
by Bernie English
Thursday, 06 September 2012
ALMOST quarter-of-a-million Euros in compensation, excluding legal fees, has been paid out in the last six months by the Diocese of Limerick in agreed settlement to survivors of clerical child sex abuse, it has been revealed.
When asked by the Limerick Post during a press conference, Diocesan administrator, Fr Tony Mullins, revealed that for the first time the diocese has paid money to survivors.
And it has emerged that the late Bishop Jeremiah Newman allowed a priest to minister in Limerick despite “apparently having knowledge of his abusive behaviour in England”.
The total cost of the settlements, which were agreed through a process of negotiation, was €323,000 including legal fees, with compensation to the two individuals making up €220,000.
The information emerged during a press briefing on the publication of the Review of Safeguarding Practice in the Diocese of Limerick undertaken by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI).
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