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Priests and nuns physically and sexually abused thousands of children at orphanages and homes for troubled children in Ireland from 1939 until 1990, the government`s Commission announced on Wednesday in the first official report which entirely encompassed the scandal that has shocked this Catholic nation, Washington Post writes.

In the 2,600-pages long report, which is a result of a 9-year investigation, it is stated that rape and sexual abuse was an “endemic appearance” in institutions for boys which are financed by the state, but governed by the Church.

Over 300 persons who live abroad now, including the USA, returned to Ireland in order to testify at 166 hearings about what occurred in schools and care homes. Over 1,000 persons, today in their 50s or older, described rape, beating, burning and other types of abuse.

Priests: Reports will shock everyone

For decades, Ireland has educated dozens of thousands of orphans and small children up to the age of 16, including the disabled or minor offenders in over 200 over-crowded, 19 ct institutions which were mostly closed down by 1990. Although the government financed these institutions, they were run by church orders.

The Irish government stated the Commissions. Worried in advanced about the believers who started avoiding mass, many priests warned their parishes that the report would “shock everyone”, as Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said.

- I am profoundly sorry and deeply ashamed that children suffered in such awful ways in these institutions. Children deserved better and especially from those caring for them in the name of Jesus Christ - Cardinal Sean Brady said when the report was published on Wednesday.

Commissions report that documents found in the Vatican showed that church orders were aware of countless abuse reports, but covered them up due to fear of scandal.