Irish Americans outraged at Irish child abuse report

'The collar shouldn't save them from prosecution'

Seeking punishment for all the physical and mental scars that have been left with the thousands of victims, Brennan said, “The priests should be treated the same as any other male that committed these crimes. It’s disgusting that so many lives have been ruined by this.”

Brennan, who has been living in New York for 20 years, said she was very close to a case where a priest was accused of abusing a four-year-old child in Ireland.

“The Catholic Church paid his bail saying he was innocent until proven guilty. Then my question to them was why if he was innocent did he skip bail, and why justice has since never been served?”

'Devastating'

Maurice Brick, a devout Catholic from Dingle, County Kerry who now lives in New York, described the report as “devastating.”

Brick, who attends Mass every morning of the week, said he was seriously shook up and would like to see the abusers accept responsibility.

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