A summation of the Vatican’s report into the handling of cases of clerical child sexual abuse in Ireland is to be published today.The report was completed after seven teams of Vatican-appointed church leaders visited Ireland.
The teams visited the four Irish Archdioceses, two seminaries and the male and female congregations.
The visits followed Pope Benedict XVI’s Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland which was published two years ago today.
The letter came after the publication of the Murphy Report into clerical sexual abuse in November 2009.
The report documented some 70-years of child abuse by a number of priests across the State.
A seven page summation of the report is to be published at the Columba Centre in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth today at about 10am.
Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin and papal nuncio to Ireland Archbishop Charles Brown will be in attendance.