Abuse victims: Overhaul justice system

THE Irish criminal justice system is “not fit for purpose” when it comes to dealing with sexual crimes, an abuse survivors group has claimed.

Abuse victims: Overhaul justice system

Speaking after the publication of a previously redacted chapter of the Cloyne report, One in Four executive director Maeve Lewis said it was time to examine the failure of the state to allow victims of sexual crime access to effective remedy.

Chapter 9 of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation focused on Fr Ronat, a guidance counsellor and priest against whom 11 complaints of child abuse were made regarding sexual abuse, rape and anal rape.

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