HSE ‘fails to investigate’ charity’s abuse claims

The majority of historic child abuse complaints a leading charity forwards to the HSE are not investigated — despite the fact the attackers may still be a danger to the public.

One in Four executive director Maeve Lewis detailed the situation at the launch of the group’s 10th annual report yesterday.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, the senior official said abuse survivors regularly contact the group to make “retrospective” complaints about incidents that happened in their childhood.