Sir, – Jacky Jones (“The Catholic Church still does not get child abuse issue”, Health + Family, July 8th) states that the National Board for Safeguarding Children received 164 allegations against priests and religious between April 1st, 2013, to the end of March 2014. What she does not clarify is that the vast bulk of theses are historical cases that related to the decades between the 1940s and 1990s, with the largest number from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. All were reported to the Garda or PSNI and relevant health authorities. – Yours, etc,
JB WALSH,
Ardlui Park,
Blackrock,
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Co Dublin.