ROME
The Sun (United Kingdom)

FROM Nick Pisa in Rome

MORE than 4,000 cases of Catholic priests sexually abusing children have been investigated in ten years.

A top churchman admitted it is a “dramatic increase” on the 3,000 in 50 years previously suspected.

Cardinal Joseph William Levada revealed at a Vatican conference the shocking extent of the worldwide scandal.

He told 100 international clergy that the Catholic church has an obligation to report paedophile priests to the authorities.