IRELAND
Irish Times
Patsy McGarry
Parishioners in south county Dublin have expressed anger at how the Salvatorian congregation handled a church report which severely criticised how it dealt with an abuser priest.
The religious congregation’s response has been described as an insult to Sallynoggin parishioners.
A report by the Catholic Church’s child protection watchdog, the National Board for Safeguarding Children, earlier this month looked at the case of former Sallynoggin parish priest Fr Paddy McDonagh. It found he was allowed contact with children for at least two years after allegations of child abuse were first made against him in 2002. His superiors moved him to Rome and no one was told.
Fr McDonagh had been in Sallynoggin parish since 1989 where the Salvatorians had ministered from 1982. The Salvatorians, who are based in Harrow in England, have since left Sallynoggin, their only parish in Ireland.
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