Letter reveals ‘disgust’ of victim when he learned of cover-up

THE wife of a Cloyne child abuse survivor whose attacker was involved in two previous abuse claim cover-ups has said her husband is “disgusted” information was withheld which could have saved him.

In a letter to the Irish Examiner the partner of a victim who was given the pseudonym “Andrew” by the Murphy Commission, said the Church categorically failed to protect her husband from the priest given the name Fr Rion.

The woman, whose name is known to this newspaper, said despite claims “Andrew” had been reconciled with the church, “the truth is, all he feels is betrayal”.