Shock over omitted section of abuse audit

VICTIMS’ groups have expressed shock at how an audit of child protection measures was considered acceptable despite religious dioceses skipping the only section which questioned bishops’ handling of actual abuse cases.

The omitted section was the only part of the questionnaire labelled “audit”.

In May 2007 the Health Service Executive informed the Office of the Minister for Children that Section 5 of the audit had caused difficulty. It was decided to proceed without it.