The release of documents from the Vatican showing the Catholic Church covered up clerical child sex abuse has brought angry reactions from Irish victims.
The secret 69-page document, signed by Pope John XXIII, was originally delivered to all bishops worldwide in 1962. It was uncovered by a US lawyer investigating abuse and released to the media over the weekend.
The Irish Survivors of Child Abuse (SOCA) said the revelations showed that full criminal investigation was now warranted.
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It details how clergy should react to allegations of sex acts by clergy with "youths of either sex or with brute animals". The file instructs bishops to deal with such cases "in the most secretive way" and to observe the "strictest silence" under penalty of excommunication.
Mr John Kelly, SOCA spokesman, called for the Laffoy Comission, established by the Government in 1999 on an administrative basis, to be replaced by a statutory body.
"Victims are being paid money through the back door to exonerate and clear the conscience of the Government and allow the people of the church who committed these crimes to get away with atrocious acts," he claimed.
Mr Colm O'Gorman of the One in Four group said the documents clearly showed the level of deceit and secrecy within the Catholic Church over its knowledge of the extent of abuse by members of the clergy.
"It proves the Catholic Church at the highest level had awareness of sexual abuse," he said. "But it also reveals lengths they were prepared to go to keep it quiet".
He also said it was unfeasible that the Catholic Church in Ireland would not have known about the Papal Decree.