IRELAND
Irish Times
Patsy McGarry
A total of 116 new allegations, suspicions or concerns of sexual abuse were reported to the Catholic Church’s National Board for Safeguarding Children, in the year to the end of March last.
There were a further 37 allegations of physical and emotional abuse against one religious congregation.
In total, 153 allegations were made to the board in the year April 1st, 2015 to March 31st, 2016.
It represents a reduction of 112 on the 265 total (including those from one organisation as a batch) reported to the board in the 2014/15 year.
The figures were published on Thursday morning in the board’s annual report for the 2015/16 year.
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