NORTHERN IRELAND
One in Four
MASSGOERS were yesterday asked to participate in a survey to assess views on how their parish should contribute to the compensation fund for victims of clerical sex abuse.
The request was made by the Administrator of St Eugene's Cathedral in Derry, Fr Michael Canny, who said that the survey would be conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Ulster.
Earlier this year the Bishop of Derry, Dr Seamus Hegarty, said the diocese was committed to paying £1m (€1.46m) over a five-year period to the Stewardship Trust Fund, which was set up by the Catholic Church in Ireland to pay compensation to people who were sexually abused by priests.
Fr Canny said that his parish's commitment to the fund was £8,000 (€11,700) a year for five years.