IRELAND
Irish Independent
BRIAN MCDONALD – PUBLISHED 02 JUNE 2014
THE hierarchy in the Catholic Church is to meet to discuss potentially erecting a memorial at a mass grave of up to 800 children at a former home for unmarried mothers.
The meeting comes as the junior minister for education and skills, Ciaran Cannon, spoke yesterday of the “horrific details” emerging of the discovery in Tuam, Co Galway.
Mr Cannon said an inquiry was needed to determine the facts surrounding the unmarked burial site.
He warned that any investigation would have to be conducted very sensitively, as people who are still alive may have disturbing memories of their own or their family’s connections with the institution which was run by the Bon Secours Sisters.
It emerged yesterday that the head of the Bon Secours Sisters in Ireland had sought a meeting with the Archbishop of Tuam, Dr Michael Neary, to discuss how best to respond to the efforts to honour all those who died.
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