IRELAND
Irish Independent
SARAH MAC DONALD – 30 MAY 2013
The Catholic diocese of Dublin has paid out €1.5m in abuse settlements and legal costs over the past year.
In its latest update, the Child Safeguarding and Protection Service (CSPS) for the diocese says settlement costs for child sexual abuse by priests in Dublin have so far cost €17.9m. Of this sum, €12.5m covers settlements while €5.4 was spent on legal costs for both sides.
Over the past 12 months, the CSPS was notified of suspicions about two priests who were not previously the subject of complaints. One of priests is now deceased, while the other is not in ministry.
Within child safeguarding there are different categorisations of information with different thresholds designated for a concern or suspicion or allegation.
A suspicion is considered to be at the lower end of the spectrum of disclosure and could for example constitute third hand information. All suspicions or allegations made to the CSPS are reported to the Gardaí and HSE.
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