A poor reaction has served to exacerbate the horror.

Gardaí have arrested a man in his 70s associated with Scouting Ireland in connection with a sex abuse investigation.

A charity that supports victims of child sex abuse says the visit of Pope Francis and the high-profile Belfast rape trial in 2018 led to a spike in the numbers accessing its services.

The Commission of Investigation into allegations of child sex abuse against Bill Kennealy will begin next Monday.

The resolution of a legal dispute over payments to victims of sex abuse in schools is being held up by a delayed response from Education Minister Richard Bruton to a retired High Court judge.

A sex offender who moved back to Ireland after committing a series of offences in England has appeared in court on child porn charges.

A senior lawyer has hit out at the “massive delay” by the State in analysing technical evidence in child pornography cases.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the extradition challenge of a man accused by the US of being the world’s biggest facilitator of child pornography.

An audit looking at almost 2,000 allegations of clerical child sex abuse has found that 67 former Christian Brothers accused of abuse were “not traceable”, while others were visiting families with children where parents might have been unaware of any allegations.

A total of 1,882 allegations of child sexual abuse were returned in the Section 5 audit questionnaire completed by all 135 religious orders.

An Irish hotline established to tackle online images of child sexual abuse has processed over 5,000 confirmed reports of illegal material in its 18-year history, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

A new review into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal in England has concluded there was "widespread systemic failure rather than anything for which individual practitioners can be held to account".

A 44-year-old man pleaded guilty yesterday to making grossly offensive communications by phone in which details were given of disturbing sexual fantasies.

The need for sex offenders to have access to appropriate treatment services is recognised by Children First, the national guideline for the protection and welfare of children.

Allegations of child sex abuse have been made against five more Catholic priests from the country’s largest diocese.

A child sex abuse victim has claimed he was molested by “very powerful people” at several key locations connected to an alleged VIP paedophile ring in the UK.

A paedophile hoarding thousands of images of child sex abuse has been jailed for three years after leaving his camera’s memory card on a bus.

Many priests who admit to or who are found guilty of child sex abuse also have addictions, feel isolated or unfulfilled, while others are narcissistic or worryingly needy, according to the Church’s child protection watchdog.