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Child Abuse; Accessory After the Fact

recedite · 2013-07-21 15:44:57

Supposing a child was raped, and the child reported the matter to certain people who then made every effort to cover up the crime by swearing the witnesses to secrecy. Then they provided the felon with the financial and logistical means to escape and re-locate to another area with access to other unsuspecting children. And…

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Supposing a child was raped, and the child reported the matter to certain people who then made every effort to cover up the crime by swearing the witnesses to secrecy. Then they provided the felon with the financial and logistical means to escape and re-locate to another area with access to other unsuspecting children. And then "advised" the local Gardai to bury/ignore any complaints that might come in from any member of the public pertaining to the matter.

If this was a hypothetical situation, and it occurred a few decades ago, but only came to light recently, would those who helped the perpetrator to successfully evade justice be considered accessory after the fact to the crime now? Hasn't that offence been on the statute books all along?

The context for this is recent revelations about Garda investigations into similar historical matters, with mixed results...

In one 3 year probe, the investigation was apparently "complicated by the absence of laws relating to the reporting of sexual crimes and child abuse in the period under investigation"

In another case, a Garda was charged with a relatively minor offence of fraud.

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