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Allegations have been levelled across the world with the Vatican saying at least 3,400 credible cases were referred to it between 2004 and 2014

By Guy Birchall
12th July 2017

FOR years now the Catholic Church has been rocked by child sex abuse allegations on an almost biblical scale.

Accusations against priests have been levelled across the world with the Vatican saying at least 3,400 credible cases were referred to it between 2004 and 2014.

Years and billions of dollars later the full scale of the abuse around the world is not yet known, and the full extent may never be revealed.

Along with the allegations of abuse, cover-ups are also said to have been commonplace amongst the clergy.

But some countries have gone to extraordinary lengths to uncover the crimes committed by men of the cloth.

The Sun looks at just some of…