Ahern asks silent victims to come forward

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern has asked the still silent victims of Dublin’s paedophile priests to come forward and help put the perpetrators behind bars.

He said abusers should be pursued relentlessly and that “a collar will protect no criminal”.

Mr Ahern said neither the Church who facilitated the crimes or gardaí who assisted the cover-up would be shielded from the courts.