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Turning a blind eye to institutional abuse
Priests abused 'thousands of children over 30-year period'
Ahern: Plot to ‘silence’ apology for State care abuse
Children must be protected from the will of a conspiring Church
Details of properties to cover abuse compensation revealed
Christian Brother to be sentenced over sex abuse
Prevarication on children's rights shameful
We can no longer tolerate the clergy's intransigence
Child abuse 'wasn't a priority'
Bishops refuse to reveal all allegations of child abuse
Rape crisis centre calls for bishop’s resignation
Remembering awful plight of orphans
Astonished and disgusted: Child sex abuse victims pour scorn on Government probe into Cloyne
Government will not publish report into sex abuse claims in diocese
'Inhuman' points system measures abuse victims
MISERY-LIT FROM 'ANGELA'S ASHES' TO 'KATHY'S STORY
I'll Tell You What's Ugly ... This Shameful Appetite For Misery Porn
Members of 'secretive' Redress Board paid an average of €135k
Priests abused up to 400 children in Dublin diocese
Judge rules that age restrictions in redress Act are unconstitutional
State may ask Church for cash payment of €32m
The institutions have still only coughed up a fraction of the agreed sum.
A brother is not just for Christmas
10 lawyers made over €1m from abuse cases
Abuse claims: why so few before money was offered?
What sort of journalism is this?
Taxpayers fleeced and reputations ruined by false child abuse claims
Compassion is still hard to find
AHERN'S APOLOGY TO ABUSE VICTIMS
Church still owes €50m to victims of sex abuse
Ahern apology moved abuse survivors
Time for church to confront past and stop hiding behind lawyers
Archbishop expresses surprise at cardinal's legal action
Elderly Nun Gets Jail Time in Sex Case
Sex abuse victims react angrily to legal move
Cardinal halts probe into disputed sex abuse files
Leading churchmen disagree on sex abuse inquiry
Sex abuse school faces avalanche of lawsuits
Painful truth can not be dismissed
Ireland 'left out' in atonement drive for sins of the Fathers
Schools do not deserve attacks
Brace yourself for final chapter in our shameful saga of abuse
'Fund us or we'll close industrial schools'
Suicidal behaviour linked to industrial schooling
Brady says apology not adequate for abuse victims
Redress board costs may top €200m
Religious abuse lawyers’ fees will reach €250 million
Women sexually abusing children, conference told
Society was to blame, not just the Sisters
It's time to face facts about industrial school failings
Dishonesty on Artane abuse probe exposed ... eventually
Report vital if Church to be held accountable for actions
Report faults the Church's 'misleading' abuse guide
Revealed: scale of abuse inquiry legal bill
Question is why report 'buried' when abused still need answers
€480m US settlement shows up our church-state deal made over victims of abuse
Suicide woman's family awarded €25,395 against sex abuser
Victim of abuse cannot pursue action for damages
Giving a voice to those falsely accused of child sex abuse
Woman can sue bishop and diocese, court rules
Abuse victims' group criticises lawyers over fees
€600m more now needed for child abuse awards
What was real reason for Bertie's apology to State's abuse victims?
Support group asks that new redress head be 'unbiased'
Judge's ruling from beyond the grave reeks of rank hypocrisy
Supreme Court judges must show 'spirit of independence'
State will pay €1.1bn to abuse victims
Charity for nuns and priests accused of abuse dissolves
Christian Brothers still holding back the truth on child abuse and money
Brothers criticised over abuse inquiry
No care for rights of trial babies
Savage cruelty of the Hibernian gulags
Sorting church/state relations
Orphans died because nuns didn't want them seen in nightgowns
Most bishops showing little interest in healing wounds
Church dig-out a slap in faces of abused
The disgraceful deal with religious orders
Pope visit to Ireland now unlikely
Pope tells bishop of 'horror' at sex abuse in Ferns
Ahern misled the Dáil (Irish Parliament)
Scandal of abused mum who faces home sell-off
Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) says Church should not 'cough up' more
Our past is another country, for some, but it needs revisiting lest we forget people like Peter
'The greatest child abuse of our time is the mass drugging of our children'
The Political Consequences of Child Abuse
Christian Brothers issue an apology
Deadline for priests to report abuse
Taxpayers face €1.3bn payout to victims of sex abuse
Priest given seven-year sentence for rape
O'Gorman rejects criticisms of 'sex crimes' TV report
Canon lawyer denies code silenced sex abuse victims
Trail of Church sex abuse leads to Pope Benedict
Pope blamed on abuse cover-ups
Ferns Report - A shocking indictment
This is the first solicitor fined for double-charging an abuse victim
Abuse victims wait two years for therapy
Bishop tells of relief at abuse inquiry outcome
Sorry saga of abuse victims has not gone away, you know
Activist helped fabricate claims against Brothers.
State denies liability for abuse cases
Lawyers under fire for €29m Redress Board fees
Secret house for 'immoral' clergy set up in the 1940s
A quarter of Irish children sexually abused, say NGOs
'Cruelty men' colluded in the sanctified abuse of children
Christian Brothers correct abuse figures
Generations of innocent young 'were failed by institutions'
State 'failed its young offenders'
Child abuse inquiry told of 'striking deference' to religious
State 'ultimately responsible' for children in care
Order apologises to former residents
Church denial of truth over abuse must end
Sisters of Charity not to apologise
Woman challenges rejection by board of sex abuse claim
Children being abused now are losing out
At two years of age I was criminalised
It's time we punished the Brothers for their crimes
'Them and us' attitude only adds to hurt of clerical abuse victims<
Brother known to be violent 'taught for years'
Terrible abuse of victims cannot be dismissed like this
Victim anger as Brothers claim abuse conspiracy
Corporal punishment 'harmed no one' at notorious institution
Sisters of Mercy deny claim of abuse at school
HOLY CRUSADER
Well-fed priests left brutalised school boys cold and hungry
(A response to well fed Priests)
O'Gorman makes very bad choice
Joe finally faces the ghosts of his worst nightmare
Survivors: a credit to healing powers of the human spirit
'Strained' bishop on sick leave following trauma
Daingean reformatory open day angers abuse survivors
Search for truth ends in tragedy
One in Four director joins PDs after talks with FG, Labour
One in Four director set to run for PDs
Limerick bishop admits church's failure to assess priest's suitability
The many complex factors involved in suicide
Aislinn calls for end of Redress Board
Have a heart Minister
State will appeal €300,000 payout to abused orphan
Shocking refusal to protect our children
Claimants to stay with Redress Board
€300,000 for assaults by carers
Where's the harm in showing us one little government memo?
400 give evidence to abuse inquiry
Update shows 102 priests in Dublin accused of child abuse
The 1.35 billion sting: how the religious orders outmanoeuvred the State
High time our holy fathers learned how to walk the line
Eamonn Casey has nothing to apologise for
Life destroyed by abuse, court told
'Victim' to tell court about nightmare of abuse with nuns
Compensation bill for abuse victims could reach €1.35bn
The 'unfortunate' life and times of children in the care of the Brothers
Youth who died 'had been beaten'
Nun admits care fell short of children's needs
What the politicians should do when they meet the bishops
Industrial schools charity admits abused members gave in to cash lure of compensation
DPP to decide on new clerical abuse claims
Abuse victims penalised for demanding full hearing
Church still has not learned
Late final surge of claimants to redress board
Ahern backs protester's case
Redress Board secrecy 'causing damage' to victims of sex abuse
Were religious-run homes adequately funded?
Woman admits her graphic account "never happened"
State sues Franciscans for portion of child abuse costs
Victim's anger at not being told of release of his abuser
The days of sex, secrets, scandal and shame at the seminary
Sometimes it seems our academics learn nothing
Redress board urged to alert victims
Government can't wash its hands of sex abuse scandal
Lower awards to abuse victims are questioned
Abuse survival
Depression: a normal emotion
US victims may sue Irish training dioceses
Church stumbles over its self-preservation instinct
Ahern defends church's role in education
TD demands end of 'special relationship' with church
Damaging denial of child abuse
CHILD SEX ABUSE BY CLERGY
Vatican II link to child abuse inaction
Group wants tough action over false abuse claims
Terms for Dublin abuse inquiry agreed
Challenging the myths about perpetrators of child sex abuse
Bishop delayed handing over files to probe despite doubts
Head nun denies knowing of sex abuse in school
Mass uproar: priest gets garda protection
Bishops' loyalty still to church, not children
Prelate link to Garda probe on abuse of girl (15)
State failed to act despite a decade of abuse revelations
Bishop built wall of silence against howls of abused children
Angry abuse victims complained to minister in 2003
Law Society seeks help on complaints
Vatican in sex abuse cover-up
Why do lawyers pile more harm on abuse victims?
UNFAIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST SOLICITORS
THE Government wrote to lawyers' groups a week ago complaining about the rip-off of abuse victims
Complaints committee to investigate allegations of double-charging of victims of institutional abuse
A Lawyer Speaks Out. (Law Gazette August/September 05)
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS
Artane not an abusive institution, says Brother
RESIDENTAL INSTITUTIONS REDRESS BOARD
Exonerated clergy 'should think of suing their bishops'
FALSE ABUSE CLAIMS AND THE RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS REDRESS BOARD
Group to sue over 'harm' to women by Ferns priests
Victims not served
ALLEGATIONS OF FALSE ABUSE CLAIMS
Standing up to the tyrannical Sisters of Mercy
Church wants costs for abuse inquiry
No justice for victims
Where's my mum buried?
Win or lose, the child suffers in every case
Priestly life over, admits sex claims clergy
I speak for those whose lives were taken from them
School of hard knocks
Priest challenges extradition to US to face charges of child abuse
A decade-long quest for justice after a childhood of unimaginable horror
Rip-off of Abuse Victims to end
"I would like to thank Dr Corry for the compassion..."
Victims' anger at greedy lawyers
Brother says abuse took place in Letterfrack
Outrage and then silence
ABUSE VICTIMS AND REDRESS BOARD
'I find myself infuriated by the Irish Government'
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