Rape and sexual molestation were "endemic" in Irish Catholic church-run industrial schools and orphanages, a report revealed today. The nine-year investigation found that Catholic priests and nuns for decades terrorised thousands of boys and girls in the Irish Republic, while government inspectors failed to stop the chronic beatings, rape and humiliation. The findings prompted the new Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, to say that it took "courage" for those clergy involved in child sex abuse to confront their actions. In an interview to be broadcast tonight on ITV News at Ten, he said: "I think of those in religious orders and some of the clergy in Dublin who have to face these facts from their past which instinctively and quite naturally they'd rather not look at. That takes courage, and also we shouldn't forget that this account today will also overshadow all of the good that they also did." The Irish Survivors of Child Abuse (Isoca), an organisation set up to help victims, condemned the newly appointed head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales for his remarks. "Rubbish is too kind of word for what the archbishop has said. I believe I have heard this kind of twaddle uttered by politicians in Ireland like Bertie Ahern, the former prime minister. It is the verbiage of un-reason and it leaves me cold. What the Archbishop really has to do is take a long hard look at the character and nature of the people he is talking about and ask himself if they are capable of being good," said Patrick Walsh. The report found that molestation and rape were "endemic" in boys' facilities, chiefly run by the Christian Brothers order, and supervisors pursued policies that increased the danger. Girls supervised by orders of nuns, chiefly the Sisters of Mercy, suffered much less sexual abuse but instead endured frequent assaults and humiliation designed to make them feel worthless. "In some schools a high level of ritualised beating was routine ... Girls were struck with implements designed to maximise pain and were struck on all parts of the body," the report said. "Personal and family denigration was widespread." The report concluded that when confronted with evidence of sex abuse, religious authorities responded by transferring offenders to another location, where in many instances they were free to abuse again. "There was evidence that such men took up teaching positions sometimes within days of receiving dispensations because of serious allegations or admissions of sexual abuse," the report said. "The safety of children in general was not a consideration." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/20/irish-catholic-schools-child-abuse-claims The catholic church, The richest and most poweful paedophile ring ever.
Goes along with the treatment of adult women as virtual washer women slaves by the Irish Catholic church, all the way up to 1996. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_Asylum The director said; “I don’t think The Magdalene Sisters reveals anything we didn’t already know,†he admits. “The Catholic Church has abused so many people for so long. For me, the most shocking aspect is that the last asylum only closed in 1996. And I left out innumerable stories. I’ve been told of murders that were committed. But if I put that in, the Church would say, ‘So where’s the evidence?’†The movie, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magdalene_Sisters based on the true stories of 3 women sent there. Two victims interviewed http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/08/sunday/main567365.shtml from the CBS documentary; That story was broadcast on CBS in 1999, I saw it, and I saw the 20ft walls with shards at the top, Mike Wallace asked the nuns why the walls and shards were there, if the women weren't being held against their will, the nun said something stupid, like maybe it was there for decoration. Another movie/documentary, Sex in a Cold Climate, interviews of 4 of their victims, entire movie available on Google, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1732953937770017672
Yeh, but only in third world countries like Ireland. In America, we've moved on to new and interesting non-catholic organizations like that of Warren Jeffs and Tom Cruise.