Report: Irish Church abuse allegations jumped 50% in 1 year

Blackrock College in Dublin, Ireland, where extensive abuse took place over decades, according to a documentary that led to the June 2025 report by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland. / Credit: Sarah777, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 11, 2025 / 18:18 pm (CNA). Allegations of sexual abuse of minors within the Catholic Church in Ireland significantly spiked this past year, a newly published report has found. The total number…