The five-volume, 2,600-page report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in state-funded Roman Catholic Church-run institutions is displayed in Dublin, Ireland, following a press conference. (Complete text of the Commission's report)
Irish sex abuse crisis
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Michael Paulson at the Boston Globe's Articles of Faith links us to a report on child abuse in Catholic-run institutions in Ireland.
There seems to be no end to this tragic story...
A much awaited report on abuse at Catholic institutions in Ireland was released today by the government-sponsored Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse.
The conclusions are shocking, even given how much has been revealed in recent years about sexual abuse of minors:
"Physical and emotional abuse and neglect were features of the institutions. Sexual abuse occurred in many of them, particularly boys’ institutions. Schools were run in a severe, regimented manner that imposed unreasonable and oppressive discipline on children and even on staff."
(Paulson's complete post)
(complete text of the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse)
-ConcordPastor
I started to read Michael Paulson's article, but couldn't finish it....it is so disheartening and yet not really surprising in the light of what we have learned over he last 8 years...
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