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The Ferns Report
The Ferns Inquiry (2005) was an official Irish government inquiry into the allegations of clerical sexual abuse
in the Irish Catholic diocese of Ferns. The Ferns Report was released 25 on October 2005 .
It identified more than 100 allegations of child sexual abuse made between 1962 and 2002 against twenty-one priests
operating under the aegis of the diocese of Ferns.
The Report examined the response by the Church authorities in the diocese of Ferns to allegations of child sexual
abuse by priests operating under the aegis of the diocese over the forty years to 2002.
To purchase a printed copy of the Ferns Report, contact:
Government Publications
51 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
Tel. +353 1 6476000
Pastoral Letter by Bishop Éamonn Walsh, Apostolic Administrator, October, 2005
"I yet again sincerely apologize to all who have suffered in these or in
any other way through the sexual abuse by a priest of the Diocese. For
those who have been abused or where that abuse was compounded by the
response, or lack of response by the Diocese, words of apology cannot
be left unspoken."
Royal College of Surgeons' Report "Time to Listen"
In January 2001, the Bishops’ Committee on Child Protection commissioned an independent
research study on child sexual abuse by clergy. The Health Services Research Centre at
the Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland conducted the study.
The study examined the psychological and social impact of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy,
the impact on faith and the experience of disclosure and how disclosure was managed by Church authorities.
The book was launched on 4th December 2003
Book reference: Goode H., McGee H., O’Boyle, C. Time to Listen:
Confronting Child Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy in Ireland.
Dublin: The Liffey Press, 2003. 332 pages. ISBN 1-904148-38-7
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