The final four Child Safeguarding Reviews, assessed against the Church’s 2009 Safeguarding Children Standards were conducted in 2015/6, but publication of the resulting Review Reports was deferred due to the statutory Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA) taking place in Northern Ireland. Today the National Board for Safeguarding Children puclishes the four reports in addition to an Overview Report; 

De La Salle

Norbertines

Nazareth Sisters

Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd

Press Statement from the NBSCCCI on the publication of the final four review reports.

Press Statement

In May 2016, reviews were completed by the National Board for safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI). These Church Authorities committed to providing the NBSCCCI with information on the implementation of any recommendations made, following a nine month period. See Overview Report.

Overview Report - Implementation of Recommendations

A formal invitation from the Royal Commission was extended to Ms. Teresa Devlin, CEO, to appear as a witness to participate in a particular panel of the Commission’s work covering child safety, complaint handling and risk management relating to current international practice in this area. You can read the submission by clicking here.