IRELAND
Irish Independent
CAROLINE CRAWFORD – 10 DECEMBER 2013
ALLEGATIONS of abuse were made against 13 priests since 1975 in the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, an audit of child protection practices has revealed.
It reveals that 19 separate allegations were made against priests in the area, all of these have been reported to gardai.
The abuse alleged was of both a physical and sexual nature.
The report found that seven priests against whom an allegation was made were still members of the Diocese at the time of the review. Allegations of sexual abuse were made against six of these men with an allegation of physical abuse against one.
Of the seven, only two were removed from ministry after Archbishop Dermot Clifford decided that based on evidence there was “a semblance of truth to the allegations in relation to these two priests”.
After investigations the five remaining priests remained in ministry.
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