Between the lines - The Catholic Church’s wall of silence
As Ireland prepares for a visit from Pope Francis, Susan O'Keefe
One thousand children, at least, were abused over a 70-year period in Philadelphia. It’s shocking. It’s the first thorough investigation of abuse by the Catholic church in any US state and it also tells us that these figures are the tip of the iceberg. Indeed, the grand jury states clearly that it is firmly of the view that there were thousands of children abused, by what it described as ‘predatory’ priests who in ...
