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New child protection guidelines for the Catholic Church in Ireland will include a section on priests who have been accused of abuse.
The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (NBSCCCI) confirmed to TheJournal.ie that guidelines about the duty of care to an accused priest will be included, with a draft due to be submitted for a period of consultation next month.
Sean McDonagh of the Association of Catholic Priests said this was a welcome move in the case of wrongly accused priests in the Church.
He said there is a difficult balancing act when it comes to abuse allegations, between duty of care to the child and fairness to the priest involved.
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