SCOTLAND
Herald Scotland
Brian Donnelly, Senior News Reporter / Tuesday 18 August 2015
AN abuse survivor has criticised the most senior Catholic Archbishop in Scotland for delivering an apology to victims in the setting of a church mass.
Former nun Helen Holland said the apology would not reach victims of abuse because most have long since broken ties with the institution.
The 55-year-old, who was sexually abused in a children’s home run by nuns and priests in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, said she believed the apology that came after an inquiry into abuse in the Catholic Church in Scotland was a missed opportunity.
She said: “I am not sure who the Archbishop was apologising to because most survivors of abuse I know don’t go back to the church.
“It is sad. I think a lot of survivors had expected more from it.
“I also think it is ironic that the Catholic Church needs to be told to apologise.”
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