IRELAND
Irish Independent
Sarah MacDonald
PUBLISHED
24/10/2014
The way religious congregations respond to survivors of clerical sexual abuse needs to improve and become more compassionate and meaningful.
That was one of the key findings of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) in its sixth tranche of safeguarding audits, which were published yesterday.
The reviews cover five male religious congregations and 13 female religious congregations and document 121 allegations against 54 priests and religious brothers or sisters which resulted in just two criminal convictions.
The audits also found that time frames for reporting abuse allegations to the civil authorities up to 2009 was “variable”, but has “improved considerably since the introduction of the Safeguarding Children, Standards and Guidance”.
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