IRELAND
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Thursday, Jan. 30
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314 862 7688 home, 314 503 0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com )
It was gracious for Enda Kenny to offer and Louise O’Keefe to accept his apology for her suffering.
That gesture, however, in a real sense, changes nothing. Irish Catholic and governmental officials have a moral and civic duty to take four simple, long-overdue steps.
First, they must aggressively seek out and help those who were hurt in institutions, especially those who have moved oversease.
Second, they must offer tangible and generous compensation to all who were injured and betrayed in these institutions.
Third, they must expose every wrong doer involved (living or dead, high level or low level, on the state payroll or the church payroll).
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