IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Mark Vincent Healy
Thursday September 06 2012
THE national audit and review of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit is to be broadly welcomed. The report’s findings are an appalling litany of failures to victims and their families and to those who are no longer with us to see the report publicised.
The management of some allegations raised after 1996, when clear guidelines were established in the Catholic Church, makes for harrowing reading. It is particularly appalling that some allegations were not reported to the civil authorities for up to four years after the congregation was informed.
Consider the implications of a victim coming forward who has been horrendously damaged by sexual abuse from childhood by a member of the Spiritans (Holy Ghost Fathers) and who received no support for more than four years from the HSE or the Garda.
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