CNN.com - Priests abused hundreds of Irish kids, church says - Mar 8, 2006

CNN.com - Priests abused hundreds of Irish kids, church says - Mar 8, 2006: "March 8, 2006; Posted: 10:23 a.m. EST (15:23 GMT)
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Dublin published a report Wednesday that says 102 of its priests -- more than 3.5 percent of the total -- are suspected of sexually or physically abusing at least 350 children since 1940, the biggest such admission to date in Ireland.

The office of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said it was publishing its findings ahead of the expected formation later this month of a government-appointed commission to investigate the history and handling of such abuse throughout Ireland. This predominantly Catholic nation has been rocked by waves of church sex-abuse scandals since 1994."