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The latest reports from the National Board for Safeguarding Children have been released, dealing with over 300 allegations of abuse against 146 priests and members of various religious congregations.
The four dioceses reviewed are Cork and Ross, Limerick, Clonfert and Kildare and Leighlin. The three religious orders are the Dominicans, the Spiritans and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
The damning report says that while good practices were observed in places, there were too many examples of a blind eye being turned to abuse.
An audit in the parish of Kildare and Leighlin found that 18 allegations of sexual abuse were made against 10 priests from the diocese since 1975. Only one of those was convicted.
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