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Government should read review of Murphy Report before launching further investigations
Padraig McCarthy reviews Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s response to the legal review of the Murphy Report, agreeing that it makes valid points — but also pointing out that there is more to be said.
Victim support and/or mandatory reporting?
An account of a problem being faced by SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) in USA, as they are confronted with sub-poenas to reveal their records. Where an abused person turns for help to a support group, without wishing to go public or take legal action, should the support group be obliged to report the matter to the justice system?
An extract from the article on National Catholic Reporter is given here.
The full article on http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/snap-subpoenas-harm-key-ally-victims
Pádraig McCarthy
Pope Francis must meet with victims of abuse
The editors of America’s National Catholic Reporter share their open letter to Pope Francis, appealing to him to meet victims of clergy sex abuse.
Message to the priests of Cloyne from Rory Connor
The media have given very slanted versions of what is a very slanted Report – or just engaged in anti-clerical rants. However have priests in the Cloyne diocese done anything…
Irish bishops have reverted to regime of ‘secrecy, aloofness and unaccountability’
Sean O’Connaill deplores the bishops’ lack of transparency on the funding and independence of the national body for child protection that they set up (the NSBCCC), and hopes for the day when bishops will be accountable to their people.
Bishops investigating US nuns have poor records on sex abuse cases
Jason Berry investigates a charge of hypocrisy levelled against Vatican prelates investigating the US Religious (first published in the National Catholic Report on 5 January 2013.) See original report and comments here
