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[Chapter 20 – Department of Justice and Equality]
A High Court judge has ruled this evening that the Murphy report into child abuse in the Dublin Catholic archdiocese can be published in full.
Mr Justice Paul Gilligan had previously made orders prohibiting publication of chapter 20 of the report. Yesterday the Judge said he was setting aside orders restraining publication of chapter 20 and the Minister for Justice could now publish the Commission’s report in its “complete original form.”
The Judge said it was “in the public interest” to explain why certain prohibitions were put in place in regards to certain chapters of the report. The restrictions were put in place to ensure criminal proceedings against certain people mentioned in the report were not prejudiced.
The Judge said when the Commission’s report was first published prosecutions against a number of people mentioned in the report were pending. In the case of one individual extradition proceedings from the United States were in being, the Judge added.
The Minister had expressed his concerns, in hearings held in private, about the effects that publication may have had on the trials. The Judge said in light of the Minister concerns the Court had used its discretion not to publish certain parts of the report.
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