Abuse file to be passed on to gardaí

Damaging details of sex abuse of young women in care will be handed to the Garda by church authorities today.

It is believed that the information from the Archdiocese of Dublin contains claims about the systematic abuse of victims at a number of State institutions by 'prominent lay people' as recently as the 1970s.

Last night the Child Protection Service of the Archdiocese of Dublin confirmed that it will be passing a file to the Garda.