IRELAND
National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church

Dioceses Making Good Progress, Congregations Slower

12th May 2014

The fifth Tranche of the review of Safeguarding practice across the Catholic Church were released today. The review was carried out by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (NBSCCCI) for the Arch Diocese of Dublin, the Diocese of Meath, Cloyne and Killaloe. The review also includes The Religious Congregations of the Presentation Brothers, the Patrician Brothers, Benedictine, Glenstal and the Missionary Societies of the Columban Missionaries and the Society of Divine Word. This brings the total of Church authorities reviewed to date by this process to 37 (26 Dioceses and 11 Religious Congregations/Missionary Societies).

“All Dioceses are making very good progress in adhering to the Board’s Standard,” said Teresa Devlin, CEO, NBSCCCI. “For the Religious Congregations and Missionary Societies, progress appears slower. There has been a…