Physical and sexual abuse was
endemic in Irish institutions for boys run by religious between 1940 and
the late 1970s, said an independent commission report.
A report released May 20 by the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse said a climate of fear created by pervasive, excessive and arbitrary punishment permeated most of Ireland's institutions for children and all those run for boys. During the period examined, more than 25,000 children were in the care of these institutions, where they lived with the daily terror of not knowing where the next beating was coming from, said the report.
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A report released May 20 by the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse said a climate of fear created by pervasive, excessive and arbitrary punishment permeated most of Ireland's institutions for children and all those run for boys. During the period examined, more than 25,000 children were in the care of these institutions, where they lived with the daily terror of not knowing where the next beating was coming from, said the report.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0902314.htm