Dail Debate on Tuam Babies" Scandal Delayed As Less Than 20 Tds Show up

Irish Independent
March 9, 2017

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A Dail debate on the Tuam babies’ scandal was delayed by 10 minutes this morning after not enough TDs showed up.

A Catholic Bishop and Disocesan admistrator who oversee the majority of Laois parishes have signed up to a group statement of Irish Bishops in response to the shocking findings in Tuam and emerging revelations at other Mother and Baby homes run by the church.

While Portlaoise's Parish priest has told parishioners the church is "ashamed" of what has emerged in Tuam, the Bishop of Kildare & Leighin Denis Nulty deferred to a joint statement from the Irish Bishops conference. Monsignor Michael Ryan, as Diocesan Administrator for Ossory is also co-signature of the statement.

In it the Bishops say the "appalling story of life, death and adoptions related to Mother and Baby Homes has shocked everyone in Ireland and beyond these shores". They said that 'sadly', it is a reminder of a time when unmarried mothers were frequently judged and rejected.

"We remember in prayer the deceased who suffered so much and their loved ones who continue to experience emotional and psychological hurt," said the statement.