The UN denounced the Vatican on Wednesday for
failing to stamp out child abuse, and called on the Church to remove all
clergy suspected of raping or molesting children. The following are paedophilia scandals that have rocked the Roman Catholic Church in recent years:
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Canada: The Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John's, Newfoundland was
closed in 1990 after it emerged that staff had systematically abused 300
residents over several decades.