New report examines abuse abuse between January 1975 and May 2004 . The report, released by the National Center for Health Statistics, found that in 2004, there were more than 1 million children who experienced physical or sexual abuse. Some of those institutions were linked to religious orders . Archbishop Diarmuid Martin : `` Instead the focus was on the avoidance of scandal and the preservation of the good name , status and assets of the institution and of what the institution regarded as its most important members -- the priests . '' `` No words of apology can be sufficient ''
New report examines abuse abuse between January 1975 and May 2004 . The report, released by the National Center for Health Statistics, found that in 2004, there were more than 1 million children who experienced physical or sexual abuse. Some of those institutions were linked to religious orders . Archbishop Diarmuid Martin : `` No words of apology can be sufficient ''