Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Will the Minister agree it is deeply troubling that the archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Martin, felt it necessary to go public with the trenchant remarks about dark forces still covering up this evil in our society? What more could one have expected from the archbishop other than going to the top of Croagh Patrick and crying out to the heavens for help? He is saying in black and white that these crimes are still being covered up. Is this not an argument for the Minister to act, to pick a diocese like Raphoe, which is reported to have been rotten with this problem? Some of the cases have been ventilated in public. For example, why does the Minister not take his courage in his hands and direct that the particular diocese would be investigated, to support the plea that I take Dr. Martin to be making to the civil authorities?

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