ABUSE victims have described the audit in Raphoe as a whitewash that was never going to uncover any new revelations.

PRESSURE is mounting for official Government inquiries into the response to child sex abuse in all Catholic dioceses after Church-sponsored audits showed serious failings by numerous bishops.

THE Bishop of Raphoe, Dr Philip Boyce, has described as “extraordinary” the fact that no evidence was found of complaints against notorious paedophile priest Eugene Green.

A REPORT into sex abuse in Co Donegal will not now be published until late November at the earliest.

A REPORT into sex abuse in the Diocese of Raphoe has been delayed after the man tasked with carrying out the investigation asked for more information from Church authorities.

THE detective responsible for exposing the horrific sex abuse in the diocese of Raphoe in Donegal has said the lid is set to explode on the entire affair.

Members of the Irish Catholic hierarchy have travelled to Birmingham, for the religious highlight of the Pope's state visit to Britain.

THE Bishop of Raphoe, Philip Boyce, has dismissed claims that his diocese has child protection concerns despite claims by a Catholic lay organisation that “a widespread culture of covering up abuse” still existed in some areas.

GARDAÍ and clergy who helped protect paedophile priests in the diocese of Dublin are to be targeted in a top-level criminal investigation.

The Bishop of Raphoe has said he would welcome an audit or any intervention which would help ensure the safety of children.

WHEN you’re in a hole, the old saying goes, you should stop digging. Michael McDowell cited it recently, as he elegantly side-stepped public odium by allowing Nigerian student Kunle Elukanlo back into the country.

Dr Philip Boyce, the Bishop of Raphoe in Co Donegal, has admitted that some priests who are the subject of complaints from the public are still serving in his diocese.

The Catholic Church should give a clear statement that all records of clerical sex abuse claims will not be destroyed, a spokesman for alleged victims today said.

PARISHIONERS in a rural community are standing by their parish priest after he was suspended from duty following a sex abuse allegation.

THE Donegal village of Annagry and surrounds will be known to many parents only by the quaint postcards from their children attending the Irish language summer schools in the area.

The Catholic Church is today facing fresh accusations that it failed to adequately deal with allegations of clerical child sex abuse in 1995.