IRELAND
BBC News
By Shane Harrison
BBC News
The audit was carried out for the Catholic Church by the National Board for Safeguarding Children
The Catholic bishop of Clonfert in east Galway has apologised for moving two priests from one parish to another in the 1990s after they had abused children.
Dr John Kirby has said he did not understand the nature of paedophilia at the time.
Bishop Kirby’s remarks follow the publication of the latest independent audit of child protection practises in four Catholic dioceses, mainly in the south and west of Ireland, and three religious orders.
He described his decision to move the priests on as “a grave mistake” but said he was no’t aware at the time of the sinister nature and repeat behaviour of the abuser or of the life-long damage caused to the child.
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