More than €10m in compensation has been paid out to victims of paedophile priests in the Dublin area, it was revealed today.

The Government today faced calls for an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse involving the former Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid.

A claim that the Dublin Archdiocese is using parish funds to cover the cost of clerical sexual abuse claims has been rejected by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.

Ireland’s largest Catholic Archdiocese has admitted it is facing serious economic reality, with parishes on the brink of going bust because of the recession and clerical abuse claims.

The Dublin Archdiocese is considering selling off its assets to solve a financial crisis that is threatening to ruin it.

THE Archbishop of Dublin has secured summary judgment for €1.5 million against a Dublin solicitor who admitted misappropriation of the amount after it was bequeathed to the church for charitable purposes.

The Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has issued an apology after an inquiry revealed today that the Vatican wanted paedophile priest Tony Walsh to serve 10 years in a monastery rather than force him out of the Catholic Church.

STRONG forces within the Church do not want the truth about child abuse to emerge, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said last night.

The Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin James Moriarty has offered his resignation to the Pope today.

CATHOLIC Church authorities in the Dublin Archdiocese covered up allegations of child sexual abuse over many years in order to avoid scandal and to protect the good name and assets of the institution, the Murphy Commission has concluded.

A CONCEPT known as “mental reservation” was used by the diocesan leaders to mislead the media about its dealings with abuse victims in a manner they believed did not involve telling lies, the report finds.

Paedophile priests escaped the consequences of the law because senior gardaí believed clerics were untouchable, it was revealed today.

The Catholic hierarchy in Ireland was granted immunity to cover up child sex abuse among paedophile priests in Dublin, a damning report revealed today.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least €440m, by far the largest payout in the church’s sexual abuse scandal, it is reported.

America’s largest Roman Catholic archdiocese is to pay out $60m to settle 45 sex abuse cases.

The sex scandal that has hurt Republicans in the polls expanded on two fronts as Washington’s ethics committee continued its investigation.

IT would be outrageous to suggest that the behaviour of One in Four, the advocacy group for victims of sexual abuse, contributed to a client’s death.

There have been allegations of child sexual abuse made against 19 priests in the Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam, it was revealed today.

For decades, the Los Angeles Archdiocese ignored parishioners' sex abuse complaints and shipped accused priests between therapy and new assignments, according to newly released personnel records involving 126 clergymen.

A ROMAN Catholic priest danced a jig outside London’s Old Bailey yesterday after being cleared of a sex charge.

Contoversial Catholic priest Neil Horan did a jig outside the Old Bailey in London today after being cleared of a sex charge.

Desmond Connell never sought an easy life, reports Caroline O'Doherty.

The Archdiocese of Dublin is establishing a new Child Protection Service.

THE mother of two sisters allegedly abused as children by a Catholic priest spoke yesterday of her horror at the refusal of the Archdiocese of Dublin to take any responsibility for the man’s actions.

IN A public opinion poll published this week, 56% of the people surveyed in the Galway diocese felt that Bishop Eamonn Casey should not be required to explain his past actions.

There were tonight growing demands for a Garda inquiry into allegations of child sex abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese.

Six priests have been asked to leave their assignments by the Archdiocese of New York over past allegations of sexual misconduct.