Paul McGennis

Paul McGennis, a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin pleaded guilty to two charges of sexually assaulting two girls at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin when he was chaplain there in 1960.

He pleaded guilty in 1997 to two charges of assaulting a nine year old girl in County Wicklow between 1977 and 1979.

He continued to serve as a priest until 1997 and ministered in Edenmore, Dublin

Archbishop McQuaid

There is evidence that Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin was contacted in 1960 by the Gardaí who had discovered pornographic photographs which were being developed in England for a McGennis when he was chaplain to Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Dublin. Archbishop McQuaid interviewed the McGennis and "arranged for him to have treatment which was considered successful at the time". It is evident from this that not only was the Archbishop aware of the abuse, but had developed a mechanism for dealing with it. [cite news | url = http://www.paddydoyle.com/victimandcriticchapter1.html | last = Doyle | first = Paddy | title = A History of Neglect : Child Abuse in Ireland| accessdate = 2006-08-31 ]

Archdiocese failure to cooperate

When one of the abuse victims approached Desmond Cardinal Connell in 1995 about the abuse she endured in 1960, Connell told her in 1996 that the archdiocese would not cooperate with the Garda Siochána in the investigation and he refused to confirm the priests admission to the assaults - despite the Irish bishops strict guidelines for reporting complaints of clerical child abuse to the civil authorities [ cite news | url = http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2005/1109/2248989686HM10DUBLINCASES.html | title = Abusive priests moved from parish to parish as complaints ignored | publisher = The Irish Times | date = 2005-11-09 ] . Connell apologized in 2002 for his reluctance in 1996 to co-operate [ cite news | url = http://www.rte.ie/news/2002/0413/Connell.html | title = Connell issues statement on Collins abuse case | publisher = RTÉ News | date = 2002-04-13 ] .

References

ee also

*Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal
*Roman Catholic priests accused of sex offenses
*Ferns Report, on sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns, Ireland
*Crimen sollicitationis
*Pontifical Secret
*Deliver Us from Evil (2006 film)
*Sex Crimes and the Vatican (Panorama Documentary Episode)
*Barbara Blaine founder of SNAP (Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests)
*Red Hot Catholic Love, "South Park" television episode