Abuse victims give evidence to canonical court

Victims of a north Cork priest, named in the Cloyne report as Father Ronat, have given evidence to a secret canonical court which can recommend his defrocking.

Eleven complaints have been made to gardaí about the priest who is now retired yet has never been convicted in court of sexual abuse.

Complaints against him constituted the biggest chapter in the archdiocese’s commission of investigation into the handling of abuse in the diocese.