On May 20th, 2009, the Commission into Child Abuse published its shattering 2,600-page report. It investigated 215 residential institutions for children, run by 18 religious congregations, which had existed in the Irish State until the early 1970s. An estimated 170,000 children passed through them.
Set up in 2000, the Commission’s Investigation Committee heard from approximately 1,400 complainants, as well as representatives of the 18 religious congregations, relevant politicians and government officials.
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