Northern Ireland plans child abuse inquiry.

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The Northern Ireland Executive is set to launch a major investigation into child abuse, after allegations that it was rife in the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland and beyond have rocked the community.

Stormont and Northern Ireland's politicians have finally found their voices over the scandal that has hit the Catholic Church, and Channel 4 News understands that an investigation will take place.

Early indications of the parameters for any Stormont inquiry into abuse suggests it shouldn't concentrate on the church alone, but also on abuse across state institutions.

It is understood that there will be no tolerance, not only of perpetrators, but of anyone who aided in perpetrating abuse.