252 abuse allegations made against members of Catholic Church in Ireland over past year, new report

The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland’s report (NBSCCI), published on Wednesday, covers the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, and for the first time shows type of abuse alleged and the breakdown between allegations against diocesan personnel (65) and members of religious congregations (187).

While the majority of the 252 allegations relate to sexual abuse (183) in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, four allegations relate to the year 2000 or later. Two relate to sexual abuse that is alleged to have taken place in the 2000s and one is sexual abuse alleged to have taken place in 2023.

A further 26 allegations relate to physical abuse; 17 allegations of emotional abuse; 1 allegation of neglect; 1 allegation of boundary violations; and a further 24 types of abuse were not provided.

Of the 209 church personnel against whom the allegations were…

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