Review of Safeguarding Practice in the Irish Province of Dominican Friars

The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland
September 5, 2012

http://www.safeguarding.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Male_Dominican.pdf

[with pdf]

To improve communication in this area, NBSCCCI recommends:

Recommendation 1: That in order to communicate more openly, there should be a safeguarding icon on the Dominican website, with information relating to the policy and procedures and guidance on how to make a complaint.

Recommendation 2: That posters located in all Dominican properties need to be refreshed with current information on policies, procedures, reporting information, along with a list of who to contact within the Dominican Order, An Garda Síochána and HSE, if there is a safeguarding concern.

Recommendation 4: The designated person must ensure that all new files contain a narrative account of action and copies of all correspondence, criminal prosecutions, civil actions and other relevant documentation.

Recommendation 5: In the four 4 cases of men out of ministry, the designated person should seek to set up a master file with a chronology of events from the first reported allegation to current day. This file should detail all complainants and responses made to them by the order, investigations undertaken by the civil authorities, enquiries/assessments undertaken by the order, risk management plans and reviews of these as well as any advice obtained whilst managing the case.