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	Murphy Report Exposes the Horrors of the Past By Joe Costello Labour November 27, 2009 http://www.labour.ie/press/listing/12593330981076521.html Speaking at the AGM of the Labour Party in Dublin Central on Friday 27th November, Deputy Joe Costello said that the findings of the Murphy Report into child abuse by priests of the Archdiocese of Dublin were absolutely shocking. “Many of the abusing priests worked in parishes in my constituency of Dublin Central. Many of the children who were abused were local innocent boys and girls who were sexually assaulted, had their childhoods traumatised and their adult lives permanently damaged. “Coming after the Commission of Investigation into Child Abuse in Residential Institutions and Industrial Schools (The Ryan Report) earlier this year it paints a grim picture of Irish society, where the institutions of the State and the pillars of society invariably colluded with and protected the perpetrator – either passively or actively and left the child victim wholly unprotected. “The commitment to “cherish the children of the Nation” rings very hollow when one reads the two reports. “These two Commissions of Investigation have carried out invaluable work in exposing the horrors of the past – Ireland’s Gulag. “The work must continue. It is not sufficient to draw a line in the sand as though such activities only occurred in the Archdiocese of Dublin or the diocese of Ferns. “It is inevitable from the profile of abuse and abuser that every diocese in the country is potentially tainted. It is better now for the Government to make a decision to set up a Commission of Investigation for each diocese than to be compelled to do so at a later date. “Only by investigating, identifying and exposing the full extent of the abuse can we as a people come to terms with our unsavoury past and move forward with comprehensive legislative and constitutional protections for our children and young people to ensure that what happened to them throughout the 20th century does not happen again in the 21st”
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