IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Barry Duggan and Mark Hilliard
Monday January 09 2012
AN archbishop has asked priests to pay up to €720 each year into a fund used to compensate victims of clerical sex abuse.
The Irish Independent has learned that letters have been sent by Archbishop Dermot Clifford to all priests in the Cashel and Emly Archdiocese asking them to pay between €50 and €60 per month to a Clergy Contribution Fund.
The letter says the money will be paid into the fund because of the “debts incurred in relation child protection issues” — but does not say it would be used for payouts.
However, it has been learned that the fund in question was quietly set up three years ago and is solely used to pay compensation for clerical sex abuse.
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