A senior priest, who later admitted to abusing 100 children, was allowed unfettered access to minors for two years in the 2000s despite allegations against him.

Religious orders are still failing to respond adequately to victims of clerical child sex abuse, the latest tranche of monitoring reports reveals.

THE second priest at the centre of 2008 National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) report has been re-interviewed by gardaí in North Cork earlier this week and an updated file is to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.