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	Agencies Want Dublin Archdiocese Abuse Report Delayed By John Burke Sunday Business Post July 5, 2009 http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=NEWS-qqqs=news-qqqid=42898-qqqx=1.asp Agencies working with victims of abuse have asked the government to delay publishing the report into child sex abuse in the Dublin archdiocese. The support groups said they would not be able to cope with the surge in demand for their services when the report was published. The groups have already be en overwhelmed by people contacting them since publication of the Ryan Report. Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop, chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC), and Maeve Lewis, director of One In Four, have written to Dermot Ahern, the Minister for Justice, asking him to delay publication of the Dublin archdiocese commission of investigation report. The agencies said their resources were already close to breaking point. O’Malley-Dunlop said the DRCC had received an ‘‘avalanche’’ of enquiries since the Ryan Report and feared it would not be able to provide the ser vices the victims needed. Lewis said that One In Four was ‘‘living in total dread of the release of the Dublin commission report’’. Since the publication of the Ryan Report, One In Four has been contacted by more than 470 people who had not previously accessed support services. The group normally deals with 450 new cases a year. Some 200 of the group’s new clients required a referral to the agency’s psychotherapy service, which is as many as it would deal with in a year. The report into child sex abuse in the Dublin archdiocese is due in about ten days.
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