Second Cork priest quizzed as updated file sent to DPP

THE second priest at the centre of 2008 National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) report has been re-interviewed by gardaí in North Cork earlier this week and an updated file is to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The former Bishop of Cloyne, John Magee, was also recently interviewed by gardaí in relation to this case, as a schoolteacher from the area made a formal complaint in January last year that the bishop had endangered children by failing to disclose information on potential paedophiles. It’s understood that several other priests from Cloyne were interviewed as part of the case.

The NBSC report, published in December 2008, focused on a complaint made against this man, Fr A, and a second man, an alleged serial paedophile, Fr B. Further information on the complaint against Fr A has come to gardaí from a third party.