‘They wanted me to go away’

INSENSITIVITY. Lack of compassion. Disbelief. Inaction.

‘They wanted me to go away’

This was how victims of clerical sexual abuse were greeted by the Catholic Church, according to a major new study.

Victims felt the Church was only concerned with protecting itself, according to the report commissioned by the Irish Bishops' Conference.

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