Irish abuse report is 'shocking'
More than 35,000 children were placed in church-run institutions |
An inquiry into abuse suffered by children in Catholic institutions in Ireland is "shocking reading" the country's parliament has been told.
About 35,000 children were placed in a network of reformatories, industrial schools and workhouses up to the 1980s.
More than 2,000 told the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse they suffered physical and sexual abuse while there.
The leader of Ireland's Labour Party said the report contains accounts of children being flogged.
Eamon Gilmore told the Irish Parliament that the report will shock many people when it is published.
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