IRELAND
The Irish Catholic
6 Sep 2012
Michael Kelly
The latest audits into the Irish Church’s handling of abuse allegations reveal that while substantial progress continues to be made, there are still worrying areas of non-compliance with agreed procedures.
The reviews – carried out by the independent watchdog the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (NBSCCC) – revealed that one religious congregation was not reporting such allegations to the civil authorities as recently as July 2011. The reports also show that religious congregations were not following the Vatican’s procedure on reporting all allegations to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) as recently as 12 months ago.
Chief Executive of the NBSCCC, Ian Elliott said that the “reviews indicate that full compliance has not yet been achieved by all of those reviewed, although many examples of excellent practice were found”.
According to Mr Elliott, good practice and sound development, found across the different Church authorities, has been welcomed by the board, which also noted the need to learn from examples of poor practice.
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