Gerard Lowry says false rape allegation was a coincidence

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Gerard Lowry told the Charleton Tribunal that false rape allegations against Maurice McCabe were coincidences, reported on 10 July 2017.

The hearing in Dublin Castle examined how unrelated child-abuse allegations were wrongly combined and circulated.

Lowry accepted records showed McCabe had attended child-protection meetings, despite saying he did not remember this.

He also accepted he failed to ensure records were fully corrected after the errors were discovered.

The tribunal was examining claims that sexual-abuse allegations formed part of a campaign against McCabe.