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	Irish Media Unearth Abuse Complaint against Deceased Archbishop of Dublin Catholic Culture December 10, 2011 http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=12624 Irish journalists have pounced on an unconfirmed report that the late Cardinal John Charles McQuaid, a major figure in Church affairs as the Archbishop of Dublin from 1940 to 1972, was charged with sexual abuse. The “Murphy Report” on the handling of sex-abuse complaints in the Dublin archdiocese was heavily critical of Cardinal McQuaid’s leadership, charging that he covered up evidence and downplayed reports of abuse. But the Irish Times escalated the criticism with a report that the cardinal, who died in 1973, was the unidentified cleric mentioned in the Murphy Report as the subject of two abuse allegations. The Sunday Independent countered with a report that at lease one complaint against Archbishop McQuaid was investigated by police more than 20 years ago and dismissed.
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