Organisation: National Board for the Safeguarding of Children in the Catholic Church

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Some Catholic religious orders still failing to protect children

Some Catholic religious orders are still failing to adequately protect children against sex abuse 20 years after the scale of the problem became evident.

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Catholic Church 'must do more to help abuse survivors'

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Eight priests convicted of abuse over 35 years

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State will not longer tolerate 'delinquency and arrogance' of church, says Kenny

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Bishop rejects speculation as audit report due to be made public

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Fitzgerald: Anything less than full co-operation 'cannot be tolerated'

Audit of child sex abuse allegations to start within weeks

An audit of child sex abuse allegations in every Catholic diocese in the country will begin within weeks and is expected to take around two years to complete.

Wed, 10 Mar, 2010

Church to carry out audit of clerical abuse claims

AN audit of child sex abuse allegations in every Catholic diocese in the country is to begin within weeks after the bishops agreed procedures for the inquiry yesterday.

Wed, 10 Mar, 2010

Cloyne clergy ‘enthusiastically’ pursue child safety

CLERGY in the Cloyne diocese are now “enthusiastically” pursuing child safeguarding measures, according to the national watchdog responsible for monitoring new child safety policies in the Church.

Thu, 26 Feb, 2009

Protecting children - A last throw of the dice

THE Catholic Church in Ireland, through the National Board for the Safeguarding of Children in the Catholic Church (NBSC), yesterday published revised guidelines on child protection following the recent scandal over allegations of child abuse by clerics in Cloyne.

Wed, 25 Feb, 2009

Watchdog: Senior clerics must whistle on suspected paedophiles

Senior Catholic Church clerics who fail to blow the whistle on suspected paedophile priests will be reported to the authorities, a religious watchdog warned today.

Tue, 24 Feb, 2009