Donegal has worst record for clerical abuse, says bishop

DONEGAL has probably the worst record for clerical child sex abuse in Ireland, Bishop Philip Boyce has admitted.

The Bishop of Raphoe also revealed that 20 people working for the Catholic Church in the diocese, which covers most of the county, had still not been vetted.

A report by the Church’s own watchdog — rubbished by abuse survivors as a “whitewash” — warned that some priests had expressed reluctance to undergo Garda security clearance.