What has been learned since the Ferns report?

ARCHBISHOP Diarmuid Martin has threatened to implement his own child protection system in a pointed statement criticising the structures adopted to avoid abuse scandals.

His carefully crafted words effectively asked what has been learned since the 2005 Ferns report on child abuse in the Wexford diocese.

These concerns emerged after this month’s scathing report on the Cloyne Diocese by the National Board for Safeguarding Children.