Official finding Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Dublin, Ireland · 2009

Ryan Commission: abuse 'endemic' in Catholic-run institutions (state inquiry)

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Catholic religious orders exercised custodial and spiritual authority in residential institutions where the state inquiry found endemic abuse and institutional concealment.

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official inquiry inquiry report Government of Ireland, “The Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (The Ryan Report).”: The Irish government page provides the statutory inquiry report and implementation record concerning abuse in residential institutions.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-children-disability-and-equality/publications/the-report-of-the-commission-to-inquire-into-child-abuse-the-ryan-report/ Corpus classification: official-inquiry; evidentiary role: inquiry-report.
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