New report into Catholic Church’s coverup of child abuse details ‘horrific acts’
The report to Dermot Ahern comes two months after publication of an even bigger investigation into how scores of church-run schools, orphanages and reformatories harboured child abusers in religious orders from the 1930s to 1990s.
Irish taxpayers have already paid out nearly £1bn to more than 12,000 victims from that system.







