IRELAND
One in Four
THE Catholic archdiocese of Dublin is to begin recruiting up to 200 "representatives" to implement a new national child protection policy in every parish.
The policy has yet to be approved by the Vatican, but Church leaders are keen to implement the policy as soon as possible. Dublin and other dioceses want to ensure that it can be put in place as soon as approval is given.
Church leaders are known to be anxious that Rome approves the policy before publication of the report of the inquiry into clerical sex abuse in the diocese of Ferns, which is thought likely to be published some time in next month.