IRELAND
The Irish Times
November 13, 2017
By Patsy McGarry
Bishops accused of ignoring church guidelines and denying priests’ rights
The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) has issued a portable information card to assist priest’s faced with abuse allegations.
It was claimed at its annual meeting in Athlone last week that guidelines prepared for the handling of such cases by the church’s own child protection watchdog, its National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC), were not being followed by bishops and religious superiors.
The seven pointers on the information card, designed in a credit card size to fit handily in a wallet, “are in keeping with recommendations” by the NBSC, the ACP says.
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