IRELAND
Irish Independent
Sarah Mac Donald
PUBLISHED
02/12/2015
The latest tranche of audits from the Catholic Church’s safeguarding watchdog has examined 53 allegations made against 44 priests, brothers or sisters across 20 religious orders.
The allegations examined by the National Board for Safeguarding in the Catholic Church over the period between 1941 and 2009 and resulted in no criminal convictions.
The focus of the three in-depth audits were the Legionnaires of Christ, the Sisters of Mercy and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
Another 17 orders and congregations which have limited ministry with children and have not received allegations of child sexual abuse against their members were also examined. There was one allegation of emotional abuse, which the reviewers found had been appropriately dealt with.
The review of current practice shows considerable improvement in responding to allegations and to responding to those who come forward according to the NBSCCCI.
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