The shocking scale of sexual and physical abuse in educational institutions in Ireland
run by the Catholic church was revealed today in a report describing
how thousands of boys and girls were raped, abused and exploited by the
religious brothers and nuns who were supposed to look after them.
The 2,600-page report by Ireland's Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse found that for decades rape was "endemic" in more than 250 Irish Catholic care institutions from the 1930s to the 1990s, and that the church in Ireland protected paedophiles in its ranks from arrest.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/20/child-abuse-catholic-schools-ireland
The 2,600-page report by Ireland's Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse found that for decades rape was "endemic" in more than 250 Irish Catholic care institutions from the 1930s to the 1990s, and that the church in Ireland protected paedophiles in its ranks from arrest.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/20/child-abuse-catholic-schools-ireland
