Beatings and humiliation by nuns and priests were common at institutions that held up to 30,000 children, Ryan report states. Rape and sexual molestation were "endemic" in Irish Catholic
church-run industrial schools and orphanages, a report revealed today. The nine-year investigation found that Catholic priests and nuns for
decades terrorised thousands of boys and girls in the Irish Republic,
while government inspectors failed to stop the chronic beatings, rape
and humiliation.
The high court judge Sean Ryan today unveiled the 2,600-page final report of Ireland's commission into child abuse, which drew on testimony from thousands of former inmates and officials from more than 250 church-run institutions. Police were called to the news conference amid angry scenes as victims were prevented from attending.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/20/irish-catholic-schools-child-abuse-claims
The high court judge Sean Ryan today unveiled the 2,600-page final report of Ireland's commission into child abuse, which drew on testimony from thousands of former inmates and officials from more than 250 church-run institutions. Police were called to the news conference amid angry scenes as victims were prevented from attending.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/20/irish-catholic-schools-child-abuse-claims