Amnesty to report on clerical abuse

ARCHBISHOP Diarmuid Martin will face tough questions today on clerical child sex abuse scandals, with a major human rights report which compares some of the acts perpetrated to torture.

The Amnesty International Ireland report also includes Red C surveys of the public and their reactions to revelations contained in previous investigations into clerical abuse reports.

Dr Martin will attend the launch of the 400-page dossier on clerical abuse, as will Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald.