Investigations into the Dalkey “house of horrors” case have been reopened and will examine claims that a pedophile ring, led by Gardai, used their influence to hinder scrutiny of their activities.

The chief executive officer of one of Ireland’s largest Irish colleges, Colaiste na bhFiann, has backed calls for the police to order a review into sexual allegations against the recently deceased Domhnall Lubhlai.

Daniel Reilly, a former Marine who discharged with honors in 2000, has been charged with several accounts of both first and second degree rape and seven counts of endangering the welfare of a child after text messages between him and a former student were reportedly discovered.

The Irish language activist and TV host Domhnall O Lubhlai (84) died before facing sexual abuse claims.

The disposition of New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan is to be released among the files on the alleged sexual abuse by priests in Milwaukee.

An elderly Irish cleric is appealing his dismissal from the priesthood directly to Pope Francis and to a top Vatican court.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has responded to Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier of Durban’s comments on sexual abuse. The Dublin Archbishop has stated that the abuse of a child is “very clearly a crime.”

The new Bishop of Cloyne has vowed to bring about reconciliation in one of the dioceses worst hit by clerical sex abuse scandals.

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed a Boston priest as the Vatican's new sexual crimes prosecutor.

An Irish teacher has been granted over $900,000 in damages against the HSE over the manner in which it investigated sexual abuse claims made against him.

A new Irish documentary has just made the 2013 Oscars shortlist. 'Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God' has been shortlisted in the Best Documentary Feature lineup.

Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse in Ireland want their accusers to be identified in writing according to the liberal group, the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP).

A judge has cleared Sister Mary Theresa Grogan of the 63 counts of sexual and indecent assault against seven girls at a Midlands school during the 1970s.

David Tweed, a former Irish Rugby International star, has been found guilty on 13 child sex abuse charges at Antrim Crown Court on Wednesday.

Rev Canon William Crean, a parish priest in Cahersiveen, has been named as a new bishop for the scandal plagued diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, where the previous bishop for years ignored his church's own rules requiring priests suspected of sex abuse to be reported to police.

A Catholic nun has been charged with the “systematic” abuse of seven schoolgirls in the 1970s. Sister Mary Teresa Grogan has denied the 63 counts of indecent assault put to her.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a national inquiry into institutional responses to the sexual abuse of children by the end of this year. The decision to establish a commission to gather evidence against religious and other institutions came after the emergence of a series of scandals involving pedophile priests.

An Irish priest who admitted to sexually assaulting 10 boys in the Diocese of Meath, has been sentenced to two years by Trim Circuit Criminal Court.

Bishop John Kirby of Clonfert in Ireland has stepped down from his role as chairman of Trócaire following a report that he “inappropriately” handled matters of child abuse within his diocese.