Glasgow, Scotland, Jun 18, 2019 / 15:11 pm
A Scottish Catholic organization set up to prevent, report and audit allegations of sexual abuse within the Church can do even more to "rebuild trust" following the sex abuse scandals, an independent review board has found.
The review, conducted by the Independent Review Group (IRG), was a follow-up to a major review undergone by the Church in Scotland in 2014 and 2015, led by Andrew McLellan. That review concluded with the publication of the "McLellan report", which included a set of recommendations on how to make the Church "a safe place for all," according to the BBC.
The recently-conducted review by the IRG examined how well the Church had implemented the recommendations of the McLellan report, and where there was still room for improvement.
Baroness Helen Liddell, who headed the IRG review, said that the Church had made "a good start" in addressing and safeguarding against sex abuse, but that more could be done, the BBC reported.