who's currently the archbishop of washington these say of systematically covering up reports of paedophilia among the roman catholic clergy in approving this report more illegal three hundred clerics human have been accused of sexually abusing children in pennsylvania unchecked for decades officials say their investigation found systematic cover ups not just by church leaders in the u.s. state but also in the vatican rely on the euphemisms the church priests were raping little boys and girls and the men of god who were responsible for them not only did nothing they hid it all for decades. some of the victims now adults were at the press conference others described their helplessness in a video released by investigators. who believe me. in night scene forty eight or forty seven would have been usu. do they never heard of such a thing because they covered it up the grand jury find that more than one thousand children were abused over seventy years they see the real number though might be much higher. to a somber anniversary now in sierra leone where a mountainside collapsed under the weight o

of systematically covering up reports of paedophilia brought to them by parishioners. many victims of way to decades for this investigation that pain evident as they attended a press conference by the grand jury it found three hundred one priest sexually abused children in that over one hundred thousand child victims were identified by our investigation though the grand jury no. they believe that number was down. investigators say in many cases records have been lost and some victims were too afraid to come forward the abuse states back over seven decades some describe the helplessness they experienced in a video released by investigator. in ny. for forty seven. usu. never heard of such a thing because they covered it up church leaders in pennsylvania stunned the scale of the abuse admit mistakes were made i humbly offer my sincere apology to each victim who has been violated by anyone affiliated with the catholic church. i hope that you can accept it in a few of the priests are likely to stand trial as many cases are now too old only two people have been charged small

this is paedophilia, paedophile ring. this is not about moral teachings and moving away from that. country more reports to emerge in relation to the catholic church and the state's world in illegal adoptions, forced adoptions. we still have many people who are still alive who could be brought to justice. people who are still alive who could be brought tojustice. if people who are still alive who could be brought to justice. if that were possible, if the catholic church was serious, they could be delivering on that. and it appears that is not the case. i have spoke to some people who are deeply disappointed. i do not see how this new chapter can begin without everybody‘s feelings begin without everybody‘s feelings be acknowledged and action being taken. some say that pope francis might yet say something more on those issues. it would be an opportunity, certainly for him to do that. especially in the context of the key event for him this weekend, it's a world meeting families. yes, i think really the opportunity was today. today with the state element of it. what he was addressing wa

he was convicted of child molestation, paedophilia, and he died, he was convicted but he died beforeaybe three times. i think the second or third time i told them to... very bluntly to go away sort of thing. i did mention it to brother doyle, the brother, and i think i mentioned it to a few other people, and nothing was ever done. so there were orange trees on the property and i went and grabbed a couple of oranges and somebody told brother doyle he belted hell out of me. he got that mad that the kids were saying, "let him go, stop, stop!" eventually i ran away, couldn't take any more. he belted me that much, it was really a whipping, i reckon it went on for a good five or ten minutes nonstop, swinging the cane. they didn't care. you know. you were just...they were getting paid to look after us and they were just happy to get the money i think, they didn't give two stuffs about us at all. they called it a home. i never called it a home. it was a detention centre. a home is a place where kids are nurtured and loved. and that never happened. you had your mates but you never got to have