Grennan case response ‘wholly unsatisfactory’

THE Gardaí responded in a “wholly unsatisfactory” manner to one of the most infamous clerical child abuse cases in the Diocese of Ferns, the Inquiry report has stated.

Grennan case response ‘wholly unsatisfactory’

It said the alleged abuse by Father James Grennan of 10 altar girls in Monageer in 1988 was the first recorded allegation investigated by Gardaí in the diocese.

Seven of the girls, all aged 12 or 13, were interviewed by health board doctors who submitted their report to Garda Superintendent Vincent Smith, who passed it to local gardaí.

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