Cardinal under fire after Prime Time revelations

Irish survivors of child abuse have called for a garda investigation into allegations that senior members of the Catholic Church helped cover up child sex abuse.

The call follows an RTE Prime Time documentary last night which detailed abuses committed by eight priests over a 40-year period in Dublin. Contributors to the programme accused Cardinal Desmond Connell of failing to pass information on to the gardai, despite the fact that he was allegedly aware of the abuse.