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Absence of documents from McCabe file looks like "cover-up", Tusla worker tells tribunal

Summary

During the Charleton tribunal, a Tusla social worker, Lisa O'Loghlen, testified that the absence of documents from Sergeant Maurice McCabe's file appeared to be a cover‑up, though she could not identify who was responsible. The tribunal was examining claims that allegations of sexual abuse had been used to smear McCabe. O'Loghlen had reviewed the file in 2016 as part of a Sexual Abuse Review Team exercise. She noted that documents had been removed before she received the file, or that they had never been added. The tribunal chair, Justice Peter Charleton, questioned whether a cover‑up had occurred, to which O'Loghlen replied that it "looks that way" but she could not say who. She said she did not think An Garda Síochána was involved, but Tusla might have covered its own mistakes. O'Loghlen's report stated that fair procedures had not been followed and that McCabe's file was among the worst managed in the region.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Absence of documents from McCabe file looks like "cover-up", Tusla worker tells tribunal. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• 2017-10-25 Publication

Topics

Sexual Offences Stage Hearing Or Decision

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