IRELAND
CarlowAbuse Trackerist
By: Majella O' Sullivan
ALLEGATIONS of sex abuse have been made against three priests in the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin in the past 20 years.
In the wake of the Ferns Report, a letter of apology from the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Dr James Moriarty to victims of clerical abuse and their families was read out at Masses across the county over the weekend.
TheAbuse Trackerist has learned that the diocese has made one compensatory settlement with a victim of sexual abuse. In 2004 it paid out €133,835 to a victim of one of the three priests against whom an allegation of sexual abuse was made.
Of the priests against whom an allegation was made, only one is living but he is said to no longer be in active ministry. Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Dr James Moriarty wrote an open letter to all priests and Catholics in the diocese last weekend.