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.
The central thread in all these reports has been of a story of cover-up by the State and institutions putting their own interests before those of children. When confronted with evidence of sex abuse, religious authorities responded by transferring offenders to other locations, where in many instances they were free to abuse again.
http://theconversation.com/cross-to-bear-irelands-ryan-commission-into-child-abuse-in-the-catholic-church-10736
The central thread in all these reports has been of a story of cover-up by the State and institutions putting their own interests before those of children. When confronted with evidence of sex abuse, religious authorities responded by transferring offenders to other locations, where in many instances they were free to abuse again.
http://theconversation.com/cross-to-bear-irelands-ryan-commission-into-child-abuse-in-the-catholic-church-10736