Four archbishops were among those condemned for allowing hundreds of vulnerable children to suffer so they could protect the Church’s reputation.

The Catholic hierarchy was granted police immunity and Church leaders protected abusers in some cases with the blessing of senior law enforcers.

Hundreds of crimes were not reported while police treated clergy as above the law, investigators said…

Diarmuid Martin, the current Archbishop of Dublin, last night offered ‘to each and every survivor my apology, sorrow and shame’.