For many years the issue of Child Abuse in Ireland was kept under wraps – something that just didn’t happen in this nation known throughout the world as the Island of Saints and Scholars.
In a country dominated by the Catholic Church many people were afraid to speak about the physical, sexual, psychological and emotional abuse inflicted on children put into the care of religious orders by order of the Irish courts.
Books about the horrors of abuse of children were written but often ignored as though they were the figment of someone’s imagination. As more and more people spoke out about their experiences of indignity, people did listen and believe.
While the Irish Government and the Catholic Church have apologised to the victims of abuse, the scars inflicted on the victims will remain with them forever.
Sex Crimes and the Vatican
Church State Secret Document
