Irish Catholic Church covered up child abuse, report says

[Julie Marie]

(CNN) -- The Archdiocese of Dublin and other Catholic Church authorities in Ireland covered up clerical child abuse until the mid-1990s, according to a government-commissioned report released Thursday.

The Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation's 720-page report said that it has "no doubt that clerical child sexual abuse was covered up" from January 1975 to May 2004, the time covered by the report.

"The Dublin Archdiocese's pre-occupations in dealing with cases of child sexual abuse, at least until the mid 1990s, were the maintenance of secrecy, the avoidance of scandal, the protection of the reputation of the Church, and the preservation of its assets," the report said.

"The welfare of children, which should have been the first priority, was not even a factor to be considered in the early stages," it said.

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The welfare of the children was not even a factor.  How sad.

Maybe they should focus on their own problems and stop campaigning against the civil rights of LGBT people, who truly care about the welfare of the children.

Julie

[Janet_Girl]

Until the mid 1990's?  Try even through today.  And they say that we are recruiting the young. 

Yes we are recruiting the young, to care about their fellow man and human rights.  But sex abuse is left to the pros.  The Catholic Church.



Janet