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The Clerical Child Abuse Thread (merged)
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steelcityblues wrote: »Most worrying thing in the aftermath of this report, is that criticism of an Garda Siochana seems to be short on the ground - both on forums like this, and in the newspapers.
The lack of criticism of the Gardai is the most worrying thing for you.?
The report covers the Gardai in 1 of its 400 odd pages.:1.63 A number of complainants were highly complimentary about the way
in which the Gardaí dealt with their complaints. The Commission considers
that most of the Gardaí who were involved in investigating the complaints
outlined in this report carried out their tasks well and did so while treating thecomplainants with compassion and dignity.
1.64 However, the Commission was very concerned about the approach
adopted by the Gardaí in three cases. In one case, an investigation clearly
was not commenced. The senior garda involved insists that an investigation did commence but the evidence demonstrates otherwise. There are no investigation files in existence. The Commission has not been able to establish why an investigation did not take place in this case but it has no doubt that there was no investigation even though there was a complaint (see Chapter 10).
1.65 In another case, it seems that a statement taken from a young man
was put in a drawer by a garda who was soon to retire and then forgotten
about. In this case, the statement was found when further searches were
conducted as a result of inquiries from this Commission. The Gardaí have
given three different explanations for what happened in this case; none of
them is convincing (see Chapter 9).
1.66 In a third case, the evidence given by a garda to the Commission
differed from the statements he had made in two prior garda investigations
(see Chapter 12).
1.67 The Commission was also concerned that there was no documentary
evidence that, in two cases (see Chapters 15 and 22), the Gardaí assessed whether priests about whom complaints had been made were an ongoing risk to children. Such an assessment was required under the Children First guidelines in order to establish whether historical abuse cases should be notified to the health authorities. The Gardaí have told the Commission that they did carry out such an assessment in these cases. The Commission is satisfied that it is now the policy and practice of the Gardaí to report all cases to the HSE.
Concerning to be sure, but a tiny, tiny part of the report. Have you read the report at all?0 -
The lack of criticism of the Gardai is the most worrying thing for you.?
The report covers the Gardai in 1 of its 400 odd pages.:
Concerning to be sure, but a tiny, tiny part of the report. Have you read the report at all?
Exactly - one page out of 400.
Don't get me wrong, paedophile priests are the biggest culprits, but time and time again it emerges that the Garda hierarchy of the time never went to serious lengths to question Bishops about failure to defrock troublemakers.
Too much of the 'culture of silence' involving the elites of the day here.
A carefully worded apology today by the Commissioner does not mean that the questions should be over.0 -
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