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| 'Pope will discuss abuse scandal' | 'Pope will discuss abuse scandal' |
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| Cardinal Sean Brady has said he is to discuss the abuse of children in residential institutions run by religious orders with the Pope. | |
| The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland also said that the compensation deal agreed by the Irish government with the orders should be revisited. | The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland also said that the compensation deal agreed by the Irish government with the orders should be revisited. |
| More than 2,000 people told the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse they suffered physical and sexual abuse as children in the institutions. | More than 2,000 people told the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse they suffered physical and sexual abuse as children in the institutions. |
| It found that sexual abuse was "endemic" in boys' institutions, and church leaders knew what was going on. | It found that sexual abuse was "endemic" in boys' institutions, and church leaders knew what was going on. |
| The Irish deputy prime minister, Mary Coughlan, described the abuse of children in Catholic-run institutions as one of the "darkest chapters" in Irish history. | The Irish deputy prime minister, Mary Coughlan, described the abuse of children in Catholic-run institutions as one of the "darkest chapters" in Irish history. |
| The report, nine years in the making and covering a period of six decades, also found government inspectors failed to stop beatings, rapes and humiliation. | The report, nine years in the making and covering a period of six decades, also found government inspectors failed to stop beatings, rapes and humiliation. |
| The findings will not be used for criminal prosecutions - in part because the Christian Brothers successfully sued the commission in 2004 to keep the identities of all of its members, dead or alive, unnamed in the report. | The findings will not be used for criminal prosecutions - in part because the Christian Brothers successfully sued the commission in 2004 to keep the identities of all of its members, dead or alive, unnamed in the report. |
| 'Cheated' | 'Cheated' |
| No real names, whether of victims or perpetrators, appear in the final document. | No real names, whether of victims or perpetrators, appear in the final document. |
| John Walsh, of Irish Survivors of Child Abuse, said he felt "cheated and deceived" by the lack of prosecutions. | John Walsh, of Irish Survivors of Child Abuse, said he felt "cheated and deceived" by the lack of prosecutions. |
| "I would have never opened my wounds if I'd known this was going to be the end result," he said. | "I would have never opened my wounds if I'd known this was going to be the end result," he said. |
| "It has devastated me and will devastate most victims because there are no criminal proceedings and no accountability whatsoever." | "It has devastated me and will devastate most victims because there are no criminal proceedings and no accountability whatsoever." |