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The Republic's High Court has cleared the way for a damning report into the handling of clerical sex abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese — to be published next week — that "will shock us all". However, references to a second priest facing abuse charges are to be censored. Last night victim support groups, who welcomed the ruling, were bracing themselves for an increase in calls to their services when the report is published, most likely within days of Tuesday's cabinet meeting.

It should be published no later than the middle or late next week, no later   -Andrew Madden

 

A DEVASTATING report into the failure of the Catholic Church and State authorities to reign in "predatory" priests and serial clerical sex abusers in the Dublin archdiocese will be published at the end of next week. All but one chapter of the shocking report into clerical sex abuse in Ireland's largest diocese, which is set to rock the Catholic Church, will be published by Justice Minister Dermot Ahern. The 700-page report of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation dwarfs the 2005 Ferns rep  

A felony charge was filed Wednesday against an attorney who is accused of bribing hospital employees for confidential medical information that he allegedly used to solicit clients in a no-fault insurance scam. New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said the charge against William R. Hamel , an attorney at Dinkes & Schwitzer in Manhattan, and seven hospital employees expanded his investigation of the filing of hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent medical claims and bodily injury lawsuits on b

Today's arrests underscore the depth of this alleged criminal operation and the extent to which these individuals allegedly abused patient confidentiality and manipulated the system   -Andrew M Cuomo

 

Gallagher has concluded that the report, if published now in full, "might prejudice some current criminal proceedings," Ahern said. The justice minister said he has asked Ireland's second-highest court, the High Court, to read the report and deliver a judgment on whether it should be censored or withheld from publication until criminal cases are complete. Three cases involving priests charged with sexually abusing children are scheduled for Dublin courts next year.