This article summarizes allegations and investigations of child sexual abuse by clergymen in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick, Ireland.
[1] It was alleged that Peter McCloskey was repeatedly raped by Fr Denis Daly, since deceased, in the Caherdavin parish between 1980 and 1981.
[2][3] The Limerick diocese had adopted child protection guidelines in accordance with the standards named in the National Board for Safeguarding Children document.
[6] The Murphy Report found that bishop Donal Murray did not deal properly with the suspicions and concerns that were expressed to him in relation to Fr Naughton during his time in Dublin,[7] and described his actions - or lack of - as "inexcusable".
[8] Bishop Murray informed the Vicars General of the Diocese on the afternoon of Tuesday 1 December 2009 of his decision to offer his resignation.