IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Dozens of new allegations or suspicions of historic abuse by Catholic clergy have been raised with a national watchdog in the past year.
The National Board for Safeguarding of Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) says the allegations concern physical, sexual and emotional abuse.
It says all 184 claims have been passed on to the Gardaí and PSNI – as well as Tusla.
The Board said that it also received 81 allegations of physical and emotional abuse which had previously been reported to civil authorities by a religious congregation.
Abuse allegations against Diocesan clergy relate to 1950 up to 1997, with one case noted outside this timeframe where the abuse is alleged to have taken place in 2006.
In the case of Religious Orders and Congregational priests and religious, abuse allegations relate to 1950 up to 1990, with one case where the abuse is alleged to have taken place in 1999.
The Board has received no allegations of abuse taking place after 2006 in the year under review.
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