Secret memo puts bishops on the spot

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Stephen Bates, religious affairs correspondent
Friday October 8, 2004
The Guardian

Allegations of serious shortcomings in the way the Catholic church in Scotland handles accusations of child abuse by its priests have been reported by the Catholic magazine the Tablet.

The allegations are apparently contained in a confidential 28-page report sent to the eight Scottish bishops this year by a non-Catholic lawyer who was briefly the director of the church's new child protection directorate.

The magazine quoted May Dunsmuir as saying: "Unacceptable levels of risk to children may have been and could remain present."

Ms Dunsmuir left the post after three months when she was headhunted by another child agency.
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