Cloyne Report: Investigating cleric 'blamed teenage victim'

A cleric asked to examine abuse allegations against a fellow priest suggested a teenage victim was to blame, a previously unpublished section of the Cloyne Report has revealed.

Cloyne Report: Investigating cleric 'blamed teenage victim'

A cleric asked to examine abuse allegations against a fellow priest suggested a teenage victim was to blame, a previously unpublished section of the Cloyne Report has revealed.

“Chapter Nine”, labelled the most troubling of the inquiry into the Cloyne Diocese, found the bishop’s advisory committee tried to ensure the young woman’s complaints were not treated as child abuse.

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