http://blog.catholicireland.net/2009/05/02/it-shouldnt-be-a-burning-issue-for-children/ CatholicIreland.net Blog Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://blog.catholicireland.net/2009/05/02/it-shouldnt-be-a-burning-issue-for-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12585 ken c Wed, 20 May 2009 20:30:35 +0000 http://blog.catholicireland.net/?p=1270#comment-12585 We see the Catholic church burying the abuse by the priests and nuns to the children put into their care over many years. Why has it taken the Catholic abuse committee 9 years to compile this report. This is a scandal of the highest order. From the mid-1920s until the early 1970s thousands of Irish children officially in the care of the state were subjected to a double regime of sexual abuse and wageless slavery. Ireland's notorious industrial schools and orphanages – all run by Catholic orders – were home to boys and girls who had been officially declared criminals by the courts. We see the Catholic church burying the abuse by the priests and nuns to the children put into their care over many years. Why has it taken the Catholic abuse committee 9 years to compile this report. This is a scandal of the highest order.
From the mid-1920s until the early 1970s thousands of Irish children officially in the care of the state were subjected to a double regime of sexual abuse and wageless slavery. Ireland’s notorious industrial schools and orphanages – all run by Catholic orders – were home to boys and girls who had been officially declared criminals by the courts.

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