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The diocese of Dromore is to launch a redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse by priests in the diocese.
It is the first such scheme introduced by a Catholic diocese on the island of Ireland.
A statement released by the diocese on Wednesday said that “having met with a number of survivors and having examined the various existing legal claims against the diocese” Archbishop Eamon Martin wished to “facilitate a resolution process to enable the provision of financial and other supports for survivors without undue further delay.”
This could include a personal apology from the diocese, as well as the provision of counselling.
It is not clear how much has been set aside for the scheme, but the diocese, which includes portions of counties Antrim, Armagh and Down, said it was “willing to commit whatever resources it has available for the purpose of redress to this scheme, even if that should exhaust those resources”.
Archbishop Martin said he would make himself available “to meet with those victims who wish to share their story with him and to consider with him other ways in which their pain can be acknowledged and by which their healing can be assisted.”
The Archbishop, whose seat is in Armagh, is the Apostolic Administrator of the diocese.
In its statement on Wednesday, the diocese said it “apologises unreservedly for the hurt and damage caused to victims and survivors of any priest or church representative acting under its authority”.
‘Egregious crimes’
“The Diocese of Dromore finds such behaviour towards children and vulnerable people abhorrent, inexcusable and indefensible” and was “committed to doing what it can to help bring healing to the survivors of clerical sexual abuse, and to all those affected by these egregious crimes,” the statement said.
In 2018 the then Bishop of Dromore, John McAreavey, apologised for saying the funeral Mass in 2002 for Fr Malachy Finnegan, a serial sexual abuser and a former president of St Colman’s College in Newry, Co Down.
He later resigned amid questions over the church’s handling of allegations against Finnegan. The former president, Mary McAleese, called for an independent inquiry into physical and sexual abuse at the school.
Twelve allegations of abuse were made against Finnegan between 1994 and 2016.
The diocese said on Wednesday that the redress scheme would be “open to victims and survivors of child sexual abuse suffered at the hands of representatives of the Diocese”.
It would endeavour to “ensure a process which is victim-centred and aims to provide victims with recognition and reasonable compensation without the need for lengthy investigation and litigation”.
The redress scheme will be open to applications “where there are allegations of sexual abuse (including sexual grooming), which may or may not have been accompanied by physical and/or emotional abuse, and which occurred when the applicant was under the age of 18”.
“All applications will be assessed by an independent panel, appointed via an independent process managed by a third party organisation.
“In assessing applications the panel will have regard to all the available information and make its decision on the balance of probabilities and on a majority basis.
“The process will fall outside the civil litigation process and be comparable to a mediation. It is anticipated that the process will be informal in nature but is intended to be binding on the parties should a resolution be agreed,” the diocese said.