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	Review of Safeguarding Practice in the Diocese of Raphoe Undertaken by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church NBSCCC Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam November 30, 2011 http://tuamarchdiocese.org/2011/11/report-of-national-board-audit-and-statement-of-archbishop-neary/ [statement from Bishop Boyce] Background The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (NBSCCC) was asked by the Sponsoring Bodies, namely the Episcopal Conference, the Conference of Religious of Ireland, and the Irish Missionary Union, to undertake a comprehensive review of safeguarding practice within and across all the Church authorities on the island of Ireland. The purpose of the review was to confirm that current safeguarding practice complied with the standards set down within the guidance issued by the Sponsoring Bodies in February 2009 and that all known allegations and concerns had been appropriately dealt with. To achieve this task, safeguarding practice in each Church authority was to be reviewed through an examination of case records and through interviews with key personnel involved both within and external to the diocese. The findings of the review will be shared with a reference group before being submitted to the diocese along with any recommendations arising from the findings. This report contains the findings of the Review of Safeguarding Practice within the Diocese of Raphoe undertaken by the NBSCCC in line with the request made to it by the Sponsoring Bodies. It is based upon the case material made available to the reviewers by the diocese. NBSCCC do not have powers of compellability and therefore sharing of data has been done on the basis of consent. The NBSCCC believes that all relevant documentation for the cases in the diocese of Raphoe was passed to the reviewers. This has been confirmed by the diocese.
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