IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Barry Duggan
Wednesday September 05 2012
THE Diocese of Limerick received 45 separate complaints of child abuse concerning 26 priests from 1975 to the present.
State authorities including the gardai were notified of all complaints, but not a single criminal conviction was recorded.
Some complaints refer back to the 1940s and the last date of alleged abuse took place in 1994.
When the complaints were made in relation to the 26 priests, 14 were already dead.
Of the 12 priests that were investigated – despite the fact that all were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing – the Diocese took the decision to remove five elderly priests from their ministry.
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