IRELAND
Irish Times
The former Bishop of the cross-border Catholic diocese of Clogher Joseph Duffy has been criticised for unsatisfactory responses to child abuse allegations and risky behaviour by priests there in a report published today.
A review by the National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC), the Catholic Church’s child protection watchdog, found that “opportunities for preventive interventions were consistently missed when concerns of abuse by clergy were highlighted in the past” in Clogher.
Bishop Duffy, a former spokesman for the Catholic bishops, led the diocese for 31 years until his retirement in 2010.
The NBSC review, published this morning, covered the period from January 1st, 1975. It found a line had been drawn “between the practice of this diocese today and some of the practice that existed previously”.
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