Cross to bear: Ireland’s Ryan Commission into child abuse in the Catholic Church

Ireland has undergone a painful purification regarding widespread child sexual and physical abuse in what were once revered institutions of church and state.
Since the 1990s, no less than 14 high-powered and damaging reports into the abuse and exploitation of children in church-run orphanages, industrial schools and parishes have been published.

http://theconversation.com/cross-to-bear-irelands-ryan-commission-into-child-abuse-in-the-catholic-church-10736