In the aftermath of the Ferns, Ryan and Murphy Reports, the 400-page Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne into the handling of clerical child sex abuse in the primarily Co Cork Catholic diocese was published today. The period covered by the Cloyne investigation was from 1 January, 1996 (date of the(…)
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Guest Post: Kieran Walsh on Murphy and Interagency Co-operation
We are delighted to welcome this guest post on the Murphy Commission Report from Kieran Walsh of UCC and Griffith College Cork. You can learn some more about Kieran on our Guest Contributors page One of the major issues highlighted in the Murphy Commission’s report is the lack of inter-agency cooperation on child protection issues.(…)
The Murphy Commission Report from a Legal Pluralist Perspective
Having read the Murphy Commission report I wanted to quickly summarise what it shows. The summary is very much coloured by my own research interests, which focus on the relationship between civil and religious law and is not intended to be comprehensive. Some of the main issues raised by the report are: The nature of(…)