IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The Christian Brothers have said that “they deeply regret” the hurt caused by their response to abuse allegations which resulted in only 12 brothers being convicted of crimes in the past 38 years.
The Catholic Church’s child protection watchdog has published eight reviews of the practices and procedures in place to address sex abuse cases.
The audit, which covers the period between January 1975 and May 2013, examines six separate dioceses and two religious congregations.
The work was carried out by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church.
The congregation in a statement said they accept that a “safeguarding deficit” existed in the past and they “deeply regret” the hurt that this causes.
Their statement said: “We want to learn from the mistakes of the past and to create a safe environment for all children and young adults. By developing robust child protection measures and inviting the National Board to independently assess these, we aim to continuously enhance child protection safeguards so that the mistakes of the past may never be repeated.
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