Majority of sex abuse report to be published

THE High Court has ordered the publication of all but a portion of one chapter of a report into the handling of child sex abuse allegations in the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne.

A Commission of Investigation set up by the Minister for Justice has prepared a report into the handling by the Church and by state authorities of allegations of child sexual abuse against clerics operating in the diocese, which covers most of Co Cork, between January 1, 1996 and February 1, 2009.

The report, which consists of 26 chapters and relates to 19 clerics against whom complaints were made, was given to the minister last December 23.