Call for state inquiries into clerical abuse intensifies
Abuse survivors complained the six audits published yesterday were not independent and did not name abusers, detail how allegations were mishandled, or interview victims.
The audits found that, since 1975, claims were made against 85 priests in the dioceses of Raphoe, Tuam, Kilmore, Dromore, Ardagh and Derry with just eight priests convicted. But unlike the Ferns, Dublin and Cloyne inquiries, which were conducted by state commissions, the audits were by the Church’s own National Board for the Safeguarding of Children.
