One in Four calls for publication of Ferns abuse audit

There are calls for an audit to be published on the way in which each diocese in the country handles allegations of child abuse.

The support group for victims of clerical sexual abuse, One In Four, said that this was promised more than two years ago.

The group said today that it welcomed an apology by the Bishop of Ferns Dr Denis Brennan during his Easter vigil mass last night.

Bishop Brennan also urged Catholics not to turn their back on the horrors revealed in the Ferns Inquiry almost two and a half years ago.