The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland, recently arranged for the Second periodic independent review of Child Safeguarding Practice in the Diocese of Elphin. The review was carried out in March 2023 and the report has now been released to me for publication. I very much welcome the report. I...

The Diocesan Safeguarding Office has issued its latest Safeguarding Newsletter. To view please click on link below. Safeguarding Newsletter Spring 2023

The Diocese of Elphin has invited the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) to conduct a review of Safeguarding practice. This review, which was due to be undertaken in early April 2020, was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will now take place in March 2023. If you...

Safeguarding Children – Message of Bishop Kevin to the People of Elphin Diocese I welcome the Letter of Pope Francis to the People of God (20th August 2018), on the question of the important responsibility that we, as Church, have for the safeguarding of children. I welcome also the comments which he made on the safeguarding...

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On the 2nd of February 2015 Pope Francis issued a Letter on the Protection of Minors. In his letter he states: “At my meeting in July with persons who had suffered sexual abuse by priests, I was deeply moved by their witness to the depth of their sufferings and the strength of their faith. This...