Abuse victims attack commission over inquiry refusal

CLERICAL abuse victims have sharply criticised the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation for its refusal to investigate a second priest who they say abused them as children.

Two women lodged complaints against the two same priests in the diocese of Cloyne.

However, while the commission has accepted their complaint against one priest, a significant figure in their investigations, they could not accept the complaint against the second priest, as they said it was outside their terms of reference. The victims say the commission told them in recent weeks that under its terms of reference, they were not allowed start any new investigations into any new priests after March 2009.