IRELAND
Irish Times
Patsy McGarry
Tue, Jun 3, 2014
Towards Peace, a new spiritual support service for people whose faith has been damaged by clerical abuse and its handling by church authorities, was launched in Knock, Co Mayo, tonight by the west’s Catholic bishops.
The service was launched in Cork on May 25th by the Bishop of Cork and Ross, John Buckley, and is to be launched in the north and east of the country at later dates.
Towards Peace is one of three Catholic Church agencies in Ireland set up to help survivors of abuse.
The others are the National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC), which monitors child protection in Catholic institutions across the island, and Towards Healing, the telephone counselling referral service. All are sponsored by the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Bishop William Crean of Cloyne prepares to speak on the review of child safeguarding in the diocese by the National Board for the Safeguarding of Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision Divine Word missionaries severely criticised by child protection watchdog
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