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	Church and Officials 'Hid Abuse' Press Association May 17, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gPKevczPK3OWzX-Bd0AiUiqMtL5A The Catholic Church and Irish Government covered up decades of brutal sexual abuse and beatings by priests and nuns on thousands of children in state care, one of the most damning reports on clerical abuse has revealed. A nine-year investigation found a catalogue of disturbing and chronic sexual, physical and emotional torture inflicted on disadvantaged, neglected and abandoned youngsters by both religious and lay staff. The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse said government officials, those in control of Catholic dioceses, and Congregations of Religious Orders colluded in a culture of silence, turning a blind eye to the violence.
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