IRELAND
The Journal
THE STATE HAS been called on to begin immediate action on the Magdalene Laundries restorative justice scheme.
The call came from JFM Research as it welcomed a UN Report on the Holy See.
Today’s report from the UN watchdog for children’s rights said that the Vatican should immediately remove all clergy who are known or suspected child abusers, and turn them over to civil authorities.
Magdalenes
Today, JFM said that the Catholic church and the four religious orders that ran Magdalene Laundries in Ireland “have refused to accept unanimous survivor testimony that they were imprisoned and subjected to forced labour and torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment”.
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