Exhibit 483 ยท Commission report (executive summary)
Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, Executive Summary (Ryan Report)
Executive Summary of the five-volume report on industrial and reformatory schools run mostly by Catholic religious congregations. Conclusions 18-26 find sexual abuse endemic in boys' institutions, handled to avoid scandal, with congregation members not reported to the Gardai, offenders transferred, and recidivism known. URL is a UCD reproduction of the official text; the official volumes are at childabusecommission.ie and must be checked before the quote is published.
- Source
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, Ireland
- Date
- 20 May 2009
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://industrialmemories.ucd.ie/ryan-report/executive-summary
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit