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Thu 11 Nov 2009Government apologises for failings
The Government has said it apologises "without reservation or equivocation" for failures by State agencies in dealing with the issue of clerical child abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese.
In a statement issued this afternoon, the Government described as "shocking" the findings of today's report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin and said it raises "the most fundamental questions" for authorities in the Catholic Church.
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