BISHOP CASEY ACCUSED BY FOUR WOMEN

Details of victim’s Magdalene ‘hell’ revealed on tape

FOUR separate people have now made allegations of child sexual abuse against the late Bishop Eamonn Casey, the Irish Mail on Sunday can confirm.

The MoS can also reveal that the woman who made the redress settlement with Bishop Casey is dead – and spoke out about

her time in Magdalene Laundries in 2013, at a time she was precluded by law from revealing details of her settlement.

The other woman who made a settlement over her allegations against the Bishop received a six-figure sum, and was made to sign a non-disclosure agreement by lawyers acting on behalf of Casey’s estate.

The MoS can also reveal that a senior Church source has said two women in London contacted the Church regarding their accounts of alleged abuse, following Casey’s time there in the early 1960s, without making any formal complaint.

Last week, this newspaper exclusively revealed that Patricia Donovan, 56, a niece of Bishop Casey claims she was raped and sexually abused by him from the age of five, for more than a decade.

As part of the investigations into Ms Donovan’s claims, the MoS confirmed for the first time – 27 years on from the Annie Murphy revelations – that two other allegations of child sexual abuse by Bishop Casey led to separate settlements, one through the Residential Institutions Redress Board.

This was confirmed by the Limerick Diocese after the MoS discovered documentary evidence that had previously been redacted referencing the redress settlement.

The Galway Diocese also confirmed it received one complaint in 2005. That complaint is understood to be Ms Donovan’s.

The Kerry Diocese had last week refused to confirm to this newspaper if any complaints against Casey had been received by them. However, following public pressure, the diocese was forced to confirm on Tuesday that it had received one complaint.

To date, it has refused to reveal in which year this complaint was made. But the MoS can confirm that allegation does not involve any of the three women who we last week revealed had made allegations.

Solicitors for the two plaintiffs against Casey have confirmed to the MoS that their clients did not lodge complaints with the Kerry Diocese, while Ms Donovan never contacted that diocese about alleged abuse that happened there.

Kerry Diocese said this week: ‘We can confirm that one historical concern regarding Bishop Casey was received by the diocese. This information was forwarded to the Gardaí and the HSE and the person concerned was offered support by the Diocese.’

Crucially, none of the three women previously revealed were offered or received support from the Kerry Diocese – another confirmation that a fourth person had made a fourth set of allegations.

This newspaper has also learned that one