IRELAND
RTE News
The Catholic Church’s independent child protection watchdog has said that services provided to both the victims and perpetrators of clerical sexual abuse need to be reviewed.
Ian Elliott, the chief executive of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland, said that standards agreed with Church leaders in 2009 were in need of overhaul.
Speaking on RTÉ’s News At One, Mr Elliott said that specific attention should be paid to the “outreach to victims” and to the services offered to those who pose a risk to children.
The NBSCCC board issued its latest annual report today. Mr Elliot said the most outstanding feature of the 242 complaints that it dealt with in 2012 was the number of abuse complaints that were historic, with some dating back to the 1940s.
Mr Elliott’s role as CEO of the NBSCCC comes to an end next month after six years at the helm.
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