IRELAND
The Irish News
SINN Féin has urged anyone with information about the sexual abuse of children to contact police, after a deceased Catholic priest was accused of abusing “hundreds” of children in Newry.
The party was speaking after the Catholic Church confirmed that 11 allegations have been made against Fr Seamus Reid since 1997.
One person came forward before the priest, pictured right, died in 2001, with the rest of the claims being made since.
His case was also raised by Bishop John McAreavey during a report on the Diocese of Dromore carried out by the Church’s National Board for Safeguarding Children in 2011, although Fr Reid was not publicly named.
Claims have been made that some of the allegations relate to inappropriate touching, sometimes when children were attending confessions.
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