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| Report criticises abuse cover-up | Report criticises abuse cover-up |
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| A damning report into clerical child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese has criticised the church authorities for covering up the abuse. | A damning report into clerical child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese has criticised the church authorities for covering up the abuse. |
| The 700-page report investigated how Church and state authorities handled allegations of child abuse against 46 members of the clergy. | The 700-page report investigated how Church and state authorities handled allegations of child abuse against 46 members of the clergy. |
| A commission which examined 70,000 files from the diocese, found that the church placed its own reputation above the protection of children in its care. | A commission which examined 70,000 files from the diocese, found that the church placed its own reputation above the protection of children in its care. |
| Abuse victims have welcomed the report. | Abuse victims have welcomed the report. |
| The "Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin" examined a period spanning more than six decades and has laid bare a culture of concealment where church leaders prioritised the protection of their own institution above that of vulnerable children in their care. | The "Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin" examined a period spanning more than six decades and has laid bare a culture of concealment where church leaders prioritised the protection of their own institution above that of vulnerable children in their care. |
| Instead of reporting the allegations to civic authorities, those accused of horrific crimes were systematically shuffled from parish to parish where they could prey on new, unsuspecting victims. | Instead of reporting the allegations to civic authorities, those accused of horrific crimes were systematically shuffled from parish to parish where they could prey on new, unsuspecting victims. |
| The avoidance of public scandal which would inevitably follow high-profile prosecutions was more important it seems, than preventing abusers of repeating their crimes. | The avoidance of public scandal which would inevitably follow high-profile prosecutions was more important it seems, than preventing abusers of repeating their crimes. |
| The report found that four archbishops - John Charles McQuaid who died in 1973, Dermot Ryan who died in 1984, Kevin McNamara who died in 1987, and retired Cardinal Desmond Connell - did not hand over information on abusers. | |
| More follows. | More follows. |