This item was first posted on the F.A.C.T. website on 9th September 2004
We have received the following release Let Our Voices Emerge.
The Evening Herald. Dublin, Ireland reports on Thursday 9th September, 2004
A man appeared in Kilmainham District Court today charged with making false claims of indecent assault and buggery against a member of the clergy. Paul Anderson (31), Iveagh Trust, Kevin Street, was before Judge Catherine Murphy charged with making the statements in June 2003.
Anderson is accused of alleging to Gardai that he was buggered and indecently assaulted by a priest in 1981. He was charged under Section 12 of the Criminal Law Act 1976.Det Sgt Martin Mooney of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation told the court that he arrested Anderson at 8.50am today on foot of an arrest warrant and charged him at 10.23am. Judge Murphy remanded him on bail to October 7
Well folks, So there is justice after all. But there is one question, why was Mr Paul Anderson not charged under the 'Protection for Persons Reporting Abuse Act'? Can this be just the "tip of the iceberg" regarding false accusation? The Gardai are to be congratulated on this one.
Edward Hernon, Vice-chair, L.O.V.E.