Exhibit 482

Commission of Investigation, Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin (Part 1)

Exhibit 482 · Commission of investigation report

Commission of Investigation, Report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin (Part 1)

The Dublin Archdiocese's pre-occupations in dealing with cases of child sexual abuse, at least until the mid 1990s, were the maintenance of secrecy, the avoidance of scandal, the protection of the reputation of the Church, and the preservation of its assets.

Examines the response of Church and State authorities to complaints about 46 priests in a representative sample, 1975-2004; 172 named priests came to the Commission's attention. States it had no remit to establish whether abuse occurred. Finds no Archbishop reported knowledge to the Gardai in the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s, names of 17 priests were first given to the Gardai in November 1995, the Archdiocese insured against abuse claims from 1987, and the Gardai and State authorities facilitated the cover-up. Notes improvement from the 1996 Framework Document.

Source: Commission of Investigation (Judge Yvonne Murphy, Ita Mangan, Hugh O'Neill), Ireland
Date: July 2009
Quoted from: Chapter 1, para 1.15, p. 4
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://web.archive.org/web/20121230172108if_/http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Part%201.pdf/Files/Part%201.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
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Finding REL-3.6: Primary record Ireland's Murphy Commission found that until the mid-1990s the Archdiocese of Dublin's priorities in handling child sexual abuse complaints were secrecy, avoiding scandal, protecting the Church's reputation and preserving its assets. It found that no Archbishop reported to the Gardai in the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s, and that the Archdiocese first gave the names of 17 priests to the Gardai in November 1995.