Child abuse: let the courts rule

I REFER to Ronán Mullen’s column of January 8 which, I felt, was very slanted.

Cardinal Connell, it has been shown, did ignore allegations of abuse that was why Marie Collins pursued him with such vigour. By his inertia, abuse of minors went unpunished.

It defies belief to suggest that the Dublin diocese had no knowledge of abuse by Noel Reynolds only 'concerns' expressed by others and that the 'experts' recommended 'supported ministry' which, I suspect, means not being left alone to his own devices, and then to say they didn't regard the priest as a threat to children.