IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Saturday, June 13, 2015
by Caroline O’Doherty
Allegations of child sex abuse have been made against five more Catholic priests from the country’s largest diocese.
The new claims came as Archbishop Diarmuid Martin admitted he was still not satisfied that all clergy were doing enough to protect children and survivors of abuse.
“The culture of safeguarding is not evenly embedded across the Church and that is a cause of concern,” he said.
Three of the five priests who were reported to the Dublin Archdiocese during 2014 are now dead and the other two are retired.
Archbishop Martin said while this made investigation difficult, it revealed much about the trauma inflicted on those who were abused.
“Survivors are still coming forward which means that for years they have been suffering without feeling able to tell their story and share their grief,” he said.
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