VICTIMS of paedophile priests held a protest in Dublin yesterday – two weeks before a report on the Raphoe Diocese is published.
ACCAI (Abused Catholic Children Association of Ireland) held the protest at the Pro Cathedral in Dublin aimed at the upcoming Raphoe dioceses report into child abuse.
The report from the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church, into abuse in Raphoe, is to be published following an audit of the diocese by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic church.
The final draft has to be approved by Bishop Philip Boyce before it is released. It will now only deal with what is found in Diocese records.
The group, that protests weekly at the Pro Cathedral, organised the weekend’s protest with Raphoe as their subject due to the fact that a lot of Donegal GAA supporters will be in the city for the All Ireland Semi Final game with Dublin and it will enable them to get involved.
One of the organisers, John Deegan from County Donegal said: “The protest went very well and we did what we set out to do – to raise awareness of our situation.
“There were a lot of Donegal people in town for the big game and hopefully we managed to address a number of issues with them,” he said.
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