GARDAI say allegations that members of the force failed to adequately
react to instances of clerical sex abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese are
being investigated.
Senior officers made the comments after two
unnamed gardai were heavily criticised by the Commission of Inquiry for
failing to follow through on concerns they had about notorious
paedophile priest Tony Walsh.
A team of around 10 detectives is
examining whether bishops, gardai and state officials have criminal
cases to answer arising from the Murphy Report.
"Any issues regarding the conduct of gardai are being looked at by the investigation team," a garda source said.
The report said two gardai who had concerns about Walsh in 1990 and 1992 failed to pursue a thorough criminal investigation.
It
found that when a criminal investigation did get under way in 1991, it
was effectively shelved because the Catholic Church was carrying out its
own penal process.
However, subsequent investigations were handled correctly.
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