Last updated at 2:33 PM on 21st May 2009
- Abuse was 'endemic' in childrens' institutions
- Safety of children in general was not a consideration
- No abusers will be prosecuted
- Victims banned from launch of shocking report
Church leaders and government watchdogs covered up 'endemic' and 'ritualised' abuse of thousands of children in Roman Catholic schools and orphanages in the Irish Republic, a shocking report revealed yesterday.
For six decades, priests and nuns terrorised boys and girls in the workhouse-style schools with sexual, physical and mental abuse.
Enlarge 
But officials in Ireland's Catholic Church shielded paedophile staff from arrest to
Kevin Flannigan, right, and John Kelly, left, from the group Survivors of Child Abuse, protest at not being allowed into the launch of the long-awaited Child Abuse Commission report at the Conrad Hotel Dublin
MORE HERE
No comments:
Post a Comment