IRELAND
Irish Times
PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs Correspondent
BACKGROUND: More victims than the two reported by the cleric got compensation from his diocese
AFTER THE review of child protection practices in Clonfert diocese was published on September 5th, The Irish Times was informed by a well-placed source that the review was wrong in one of its main findings.
It had found there had been nine child abuse allegations made in the diocese. A more accurate figure would be 22, the source indicated.
The review was conducted by the Catholic Church’s child protection watchdog, its National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC). It found that nine child abuse allegations had been made against three priests in the diocese and another who provided holiday cover there. One of the four, referred to as Priest A, who was later laicised, was convicted in the courts.
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