 Following an electoral victory, the Fine Gael government led by Enda Kenny took stronger steps against the church in Ireland.Speaking to the Dáil following the release of the Cloyne Report, which showed that Irish clerics partook in a cover-up to conceal the extent of child sexual abuse after the Vatican questioned the child protection guidelines adopted by the Irish bishops, he said that "the historic relationship between church and state in Ireland could not be the same again.The rape and torture of children were downplayed or 'managed' to uphold instead the primacy of the institution, its power, standing and reputation."