SCOTLAND
Daily Record
HUNDREDS of abuse victims have forward in Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and United States in the last decade.
THE Catholic Church have been rocked by a series of abuse scandals over the last decade.
Religious leaders were accused of covering up and “turning a blind eye” to allegations of child abuse made against priests.
Cardinal Keith O’Brien first apologised for the scandal in 2002.
And he reiterated the Church’s position in 2010 when he said the actions of those who failed to report the crimes “brings shame on us all”.
The cardinal claimed Catholics were “demoralised and confused” by the “many evils” perpetrated by
paedophile priests.
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