Court clears way for Dublin abuse report
Thursday, 19 November 2009 22:59
The High Court has cleared the way for the publication of the report of the Commission of Investigation into sexual abuse allegations in the Dublin Archdiocese but references which identify another person must be removed.
Last month, Mr Justice Paul Gilligan ruled that the report could be published but that a specified chapter might prejudice court proceedings.
He directed that chapter 19 and all references to the person who is the subject of that chapter could not be published until directed by the court.
This afternoon, the judge said that he considered that all references throughout the report which identify the person who is the subject matter of chapter 20 and his brother could not be published until the court directs.
Reacting to the court's decision, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and Dublin's Rape Crisis Centre have called for abuse victims to be be given the help they need when the latest official report on clergy who molested children is published.
- Nine News: Orla O'Donnell, Legal Affairs Correspondent, reports that the decision was welcomed by survivors and groups representing people who have suffered sexual abuse
- Six One News: Orla O'Donnell, Legal Affairs Correspondent, reports that Mr Justice Paul Cunningham reports that 41 references to two individuals cannot be published
- Six One News: Joe Little, Religious & Social Affairs Correspondent, reports that it is understood the State comes in for great criticism in
