IRELAND
Irish Times
One of the groups representing survivors of the Magdalene laundries has called on people to boycott Mass and to withhold donations to local churches this weekend.
Magdalene Survivors Together has already called for charitable status to be withdrawn from the four religious orders that ran the laundries after they said they would not contribute to a redress fund for the women.
The Mercy Sisters, the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, the Sisters of Charity and the Good Shepherd Sisters have informed Minister for Justice Alan Shatter they will not pay into the fund.
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said the issue of liability was clearly motivating the religious orders’ refusal to make a financial contribution to the redress scheme.
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