IRELAND
Irish Times
Patsy McGarry
“Urgent corrective action” is needed in three religious congregations where the protection of children is concerned, the Catholic Church’s National Board for Safeguarding Children has said.
Its reviews of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers), the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (Norbertines), Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, and the Sisters of Nazareth (Irish Region) were conducted in 2015/16 but publication was held over pending completion of the statutory Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in Northern Ireland.
The latter published its final report last January.
The board reviews are assessments of practice at each congregation against the Catholic Church’s child safeguarding standards. These are its remaining reviews of child protection in Catholic institutions on the island of Ireland which assess practices in each against the Church’s child safeguarding standards.
It found that 512 allegations of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse had been made against 146 priests, brothers, and sisters belonging to the four congregations, five of whom were convicted in the courts.
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