IRELAND
Irish Independent
Sarah Mac Donald
PUBLISHED 11/02/2015
Religious congregations’ failure to implement child safeguards, and their mishandling of abuse allegations, point to the need for greater accountability in the Catholic Church, according to a senior Bishop.
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin lashed out at religious orders, saying it was “appalling” to read about their delays in fully implementing long- established church guidelines.
His criticism followed the National Board’s (NBSCCCI) revelation that opportunities to safeguard children were missed – and known abusers were allowed to remain in ministry into the 1990s.
The latest tranches of safeguarding audits covering 16 religious congregations also reveal that in some cases, congregations didn’t start to improve practices until 2009 and didn’t fully implement the Irish Church’s safeguarding standards and guidelines until 2013.
in his diocese to verify their commitment to “scrupulously” applying child safeguarding norms.
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