Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The story of Ms Maíria Cahill is one that has generated enormous interest on the island, created a lot of anger and touched many. We have held strong and comprehensive debates in this House on the issue of sex abuse perpetrated by institutions, such as the Catholic Church and others. There was the Ferns inquiry and the Cloyne diocese and Dublin archdiocese reports, and these were discussed in the House, even though in some instances the abuse was carried out informally and not under State control. The Oireachtas rightly found it necessary to debate these issues, and strong statements were made about how the institutions in question protected the perpetrators and denied justice to the victims.

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