IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Ralph Riegel
Thursday September 06 2012
FRESH concerns emerged over how church dioceses share information after a report revealed that three priests who retired to Ireland had child abuse convictions.
The National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) published its review of child protection practices in the diocese yesterday.
The NBSC focused particular attention on priests who retired to the diocese from overseas, or who spent considerable time here in their retirement .
Three of these were found to have child abuse convictions from overseas. One man has now been removed from the priesthood.
None are the focus of any abuse complaints in relation to the Diocese of Cork and Ross — and none had any involvement with church activities or children’s groups here. But the NBSC said it was crucial that proper information be shared between dioceses.
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