Priests back calls for sex abuse probe

Two well-known figures in the Catholic Church today added their voices to calls for an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse.

Mon, 21 Oct, 2002 - 20:18

Two well-known figures in the Catholic Church today added their voices to calls for an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse.

They were speaking in reaction to a programme which reported the Dublin Archdiocese was facing 450 legal actions as a result of claims of clerical sex abuse.

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