NORTHERN IRELAND
Amnesty International
Clerical child sex abuse victims face exclusion from Institutional Abuse Inquiry
Amnesty International and victims of clerical child sex abuse have joined forces to call for the Northern Ireland Executive to set up an inquiry into clerical child sex abuse in the region.
The call comes as the Northern Ireland Assembly prepares to consider the Historic Institutional Abuse Inquiry Bill, which will establish an inquiry into child abuse carried out in institutions but, crucially, will exclude victims of clerical abuse outside residential settings.
Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director of Amnesty International, said:
“Last year the National Board for Safeguarding Children published diocesan reviews which gave a glimpse into the horror of abuse suffered by children in parishes across Northern Ireland. But internal reviews are no substitute for a proper, independent investigation into clerical child sex abuse throughout Northern Ireland.”
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