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Dublin, Ireland, May 5, 2016 \/ 12:08 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The Salvatorians have offered their \u201cdeepest apology\u201d for failing to stop a priest who sexually abused children in Ireland until his 2004 arrest.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Salvatorians express their deep sorrow for the prolific abuse carried on by a particular member of our Order in Ireland and elsewhere over a long number of years,\u201d Father Alex McAllister S.D.S., provincial superior of the Salvatorians\u2019 British Pro-Province, said May 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe acknowledge that the response of the provincial superior at the time was completely inadequate and that it was a clear failure of the duty of our order to protect children.\u201d<\/p>\n

The case of a priest, called only \u201cFather A,\u201d was described in a child safety audit of religious congregations by Ireland\u2019s National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n

He was ordained in the 1950s. His supervisors were warned about him in 2002, but he continued to abuse children up until 2004, when he was arrested.<\/p>\n

The unnamed priest later admitted that he sexually abused more than 100 children between the ages of six and nine, most of them girls. The priest was convicted in 2007 for child abuse over a 25-year period, the Belfast Telegraph reports. He was released from prison in 2009 and died later that year in the U.K.<\/p>\n

He had served as a teacher in the U.K., a parish priest in Australia and Dublin, and as a hospital chaplain in Rome. There are not now any complaints against him concerning his roles outside of Ireland.<\/p>\n

The Salvatorian order, formally known as the Society of the Divine Saviour, no longer ministers in Ireland.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe express our deepest apology to anyone who was harmed by Father A and urge those who have not yet come forward to do so,\u201d Fr. McAllister said. \u201cWe undertake to give anyone who was harmed a sympathetic hearing and to provide as much support as possible.\u201d
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\nThe national safeguarding board said the order still has a significant responsibility \u201cto ensure that the devastation perpetrated on his victims by Fr. A is conscientiously, compassionately and effectively addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fr. McAllister said the Salvatorians were \u201cextremely regretful\u201d that the then-provincial superior did not place the priest under supervision when he learned of the abuse. Rather, the superior transferred him to a desk job and then permitted him limited ministry.<\/p>\n

A Salvatorian provincial concealed the true reason for the transfer from Cardinal Desmond Connell, the then-Archbishop of Dublin, RTE News reports.<\/p>\n

The offending priest\u2019s arrest in 2004 caused the order\u2019s safeguarding procedures to begin. The province said it then closely cooperated with the Archdiocese of Dublin to ensure the priest received \u201cthe necessary treatment and the appropriate supervision\u201d until his death.<\/p>\n

Fr. McAllister said the province began an inquiry into its \u201cextremely poor decisions\u201d and has made changes \u201cto ensure that nothing like this can happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an order we assure the public that we have an extremely high commitment to the safeguarding of children and intend to do everything possible to meet our responsibilities in this area,\u201d the current provincial superior said.<\/p>\n

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