IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Friday, June 10, 2016
Joyce Fegan
A total of 116 new allegations of sexual abuse were reported to the Catholic Church’s National Board for Safeguarding Children from last April to March 2016.
There were 65 allegations made against diocesan priests and 51 were reported in relation to religious priests and Brothers and Sisters.
Separately, there were 37 allegations of emotional and physical abuse against one religious congregation.
The majority of the abuse reported in this period of April 2015 to March 2016, related to incidences that took place in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
There was also an incident of alleged abuse that took place in 2015.
“This one case [2015] deserves particular mention as it happened so recently, demonstrating that a risk to children still exists,” the report published said.
Overall, there was an increase in allegations made against diocesan priests from 58 in the last report to this year’s 65.
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