DPP urged to meet Cloyne victims

THE Rape Crisis Centre has said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) should meet the victims of clerical abuse in Cloyne to discuss his decision not to seek prosecution against the alleged serial paedophile in the 2008 Cloyne report.

The victims, who are all adults, are “livid” at this latest refusal, as they say “there are such clear similarities between all their cases”.

A Rape Crisis Centre spokeswoman last night said it is “most unfortunate” that the DPP does not give reasons for his decision not to prosecute. “The DPP has spoken in the past about testing the concept of giving reasons to sexual assault and rape victims. He is already testing this concept with murder victims. We think that, in the Cloyne case, he needs to talk to these women urgently. His latest decision has caused huge anxiety again for them.”