IRELAND
Irish Independent
SARAH MACDONALD – 24 DECEMBER 2013
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said he hopes the Vatican’s newly announced commission on child sexual abuse can learn the lessons of the Irish church’s “appalling situation” and help other countries deal with the issue.
The committee was set up earlier this month to improve measures to protect children against sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
“I fully welcome this,” Dr Martin told the Irish Independent.
“I hope it will ensure that what has been achieved in countries like Ireland can be spread around the world and lessons can be learned both about the effects of abuse on survivors and their families and the roots and causes of abuse.”
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