PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck (right) and Commissioner Designate for Victims of Crime Geraldine Hanna at PSNI HQ in Belfast on Monday. Photograph: Jonathan McCambridge/PA Wire
Police in Northern Ireland have launched a criminal investigation after the Presbyterian Church in Ireland admitted failures in safeguarding.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has spoken with gardaí in the Republic of Ireland as there was the potential for it to be a cross-Border investigation.
PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck said his investigation team aimed to make sure “perpetrators will be held to account”.
He also said the investigation would examine if criminal offences had been committed by those responsible for safegua
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