Wednesday, June 15, 2011

No change on Cloyne

The Department of Justice has said there was no change in the situation regarding the Cloyne report.

Last week, Minister Shatter said an application to the High Court might be necessary if agreement could not be reached 'in the coming days' concerning 'redactions' that need to be made before the publication of the report.

The minister said discussions on finalising the redacted portion of the report were ongoing and that this process has taken considerable time.

Last April, the High Court cleared the way for the report's publication, with the exception of references to one individual against whom there are criminal proceedings.

The Cloyne report follows a two-year investigation by a commission headed by Circuit Court Judge Yvonne Murphy.

It looked into the handling by church and State authorities of clerical child sexual abuse allegations in the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne.