Up to 350 Irish priests were likely accused child abusers  New
report shows it was far more than just a small element  Interior
of an Irish Catholic school - new figures on sexual abuse within
the Church in Ireland raise questions Photo by Reuters  Guinness
PubFinder Ad  One of the arguments made frequently in Ireland is
that it is only a tiny minority of priests who were abusers. Yet
the latest investigation, released yesterday, into six dioceses
seems to indicate  the opposite.  The  report was compiled by
the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic
Church. The figures, shown below, were on the RTE television
website soon after the investigation made its findings public
seem to indicate otherwise.  All in all a total of 85 priests
across six dioceses were accused of child sexual abuse. If you
extrapolate that number across the 20 other dioceses you end up
with a number close to 350 if you include the fact that Dublin
and three other archdioceses are still to be counted and will
have far mor