| Saturday - 31 July 2010 | Ard Easmuinn, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland |
| Safeguarding Children |
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Holy Redeemer parish is currently implementing all Diocesan guidelines for Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.
For Your Information:  The Murphy Report into Clerical Abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese has been released (Click here for download).Fr. Padriag & Fr. Paddy addressed the report at all the Masses over the weekend, highlighting Cardinal Brady's words of shock and sadness; The Cardinal's press statement is reproduced below. Fr. Padriag, Fr. Paddy and all in our parish remember in prayer those affected (directly or indirectly) by the release of this report. Some helpline numbers and further resources are available by clicking here.
Statement by Cardinal Seán Brady, I am shocked and ashamed by the abuse of children described in the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the sexual abuse of children by priests in the Archdiocese of Dublin, published today.
I want to apologise to all those who have been hurt and their families. I also want to apologise to all the people of Ireland that this abuse was covered up and that the reputation of the Church was put before the safety and well-being of children. I am deeply sorry and I am ashamed. I also want to reassure everyone that the Church’s policy of Child Safeguarding in Ireland today puts the welfare of the child as the paramount concern. That policy is also based on the practice of full cooperation with the Statutory authorities and ongoing monitoring of the implementation of best practice in Dioceses by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland. No one is above the law in this country. Every Catholic should comply fully with their obligations to the civil law and cooperate with the Gardai in the reporting and investigation of any crime.’ ENDS
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