IRELAND
Global Post
Victims of child abuse in Catholic-run institutions in Ireland on Thursday called on newly elected Pope Francis to ensure that clergy who covered up the abuse are held accountable.
“We want proper accountability. Even to this day, we are fighting cases in the redress board, the High Court and the Supreme Court,” Tom Hayes of the Alliance Victims Support Group told AFP.
Hayes, who was abused by members of the Christian Brothers at Glin industrial school in County Limerick as a young boy, said the new pope must make it a priority to bring to justice clergy who abused children or covered it up.
“We genuinely would like to think that a Jesuit would be strong enough to meet our concerns, but we feel that he may become too embroiled in the long standing system run within Rome that may have frustrated Pope Benedict,” he said.
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