IRELAND
One in Four
Catholic primate Archbishop Seán Brady has said he was "appalled, very disheartened and discouraged" on reading the Ferns inquiry report. Ruadhán Mac Cormaic reports.
Speaking to The Irish Times yesterday, he said the report gave him "a new awareness of what can happen and what shouldn't have happened, and a new awareness of our duty to do our best to make sure that nothing like that should ever happen again".
Archbishop Brady was speaking at St Patrick's College in Maynooth after he presented certificates to the first group of child protection trainers to complete a course in child protection and welfare under the auspices of the Catholic Church.
The course is part of the Irish Bishops' Conference national training strategy, which was established in 2003.