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https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013. Philip Boyce, OCD, was Bishop of Raphoe from 1 October 1995 until 2017.
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As distinct from abuse by some parish priests, who are subject to diocesan control, there has also been abuse by members of Roman Catholic orders, which often care for the sick or teach at school. While diocesan clergy have arranged parish transfers of abusive priests, so also the Orders' members have been found to relocate abusive Brothers to other places.
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The ecclesiastical response to Catholic sexual abuse cases is a major aspect of the academic literature surrounding the Church's child sexual abuse scandal. The Catholic Church's response to the scandal can be viewed on three levels: the diocesan level, the episcopal conference level and the Vatican. Responses to the scandal proceeded at all three levels in parallel with the higher levels becoming progressively more involved as the gravity of the problem became more apparent.
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The Murphy Report is the brief name of the report of a Commission of investigation conducted by the Irish government into the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin. It was released in 2009 by Judge Yvonne Murphy, only a few months after the publication of the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse chaired by Seán Ryan, a similar inquiry which dealt with abuses in industrial schools controlled by Roman Catholic religious institutes.
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- ↑ "Casey cleared of sex claim by gardaí". Irish Independent. 30 August 2006. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ↑ "Pressure on bishops to resign". The Irish Times. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
Pressure on the five bishops who still hold office and whose handling of clerical child sex abuse was addressed by the Dublin diocesan report increased ...
[ dead link ] - ↑ "'Vulnerable people' let down, says Minister". The Irish Times . 12 December 2007. p. 6. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ↑ "Long silence after McCoy report". The Irish Times . 4 January 2010. p. 13. ProQuest 309216059.
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