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Vatican: Secret Payment by Irish Catholic Church

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Irish Catholic church paid child sex abuse victim to keep quiet. News of deal overseen by bishop of Derry adds to abuse scandals surrounding Catholic churches in Europe. The Catholic church in Ireland was today embroiled in another child abuse scandal after revelations that a victim was paid to keep quiet in a deal overseen …

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Vatican: Defiant Irish Cardinal in Silence Victims Scandal

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Storm over revelations that cleric helped to silence victims of paedophile priest By David McKittrick, Ireland Correspondent Tuesday, 16 March 2010 The head of the Catholic church in Ireland yesterday rejected growing pressure to resign over his involvement in the country’s latest clerical child abuse scandal, insisting that he would stand down only on the …

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