Articles by subject: child abuse

Is it over for Catholic Ireland? (by Padraig Reidy, September/October 2011 ): The deteriorating relationship between the Vatican and the Irish state is good news for the Republic, says Padraig Reidy
Editorial: Catholic crisis (by Caspar Melville, May/June 2010 ): It is time the for the Catholic Church to be held to account
The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre (by Francis Beckett, March/April 2010 ): Francis Beckett on a bleak timely novel about those charged with covering up Catholic child abuse
Suffer the little children (by Laurie Taylor, January/February 2010 ): The Catholic Church not only allowed priests to destroy hundreds of young lives, it blamed the victims and covered up the crimes for decades. For Laurie Taylor it’s personal
I shot the Pope (by Keith Porteous Wood, November/December 2009 ): Keith Porteous Wood explains how he got the Vatican running for cover
Secrets and lies (by Francis Beckett, September/October 2007 ): Survivors of child abuse at religious schools are finally making their case, reports Francis Beckett
Mint on the breath (by Mark Say, Web Exclusive, September 2010): A corrupt priest, an abused child, a knife. The dreadful consequences of clerical child abuse unfold in a specially written short story by Mark Say