Abuse claims: why so few before money was offered?

SO Eugene Murphy (Letters, August 29) did not find my column headlined ‘Taxpayers fleeced and reputations ruined by false child abuse claims’ (August 22) to his taste.

I can assure him that my book, Kathy’s Real Story, contains a raft of clear cases and specific examples of people who have been declared innocent of the charges against them in a criminal court to find that their same accusers later received compensation from the Redress Board.

Whereas former Justice Minister Michael McDowell said the redress scheme “won’t need strict proof, adversarial justice or courtroom procedures”, Mr Murphy contends that “the redress scheme adopts the majority of courtroom procedures, but it does not slavishly follow them”.