SCOTLAND
Scotsman
CHRIS MARSHALL
Thursday 11 February 2016
A Catholic priest has attacked the Scottish Government for its “shameful” decision to exclude some child abuse survivors from a public inquiry into the issue.
Father Gerry Magee, chair of the campaign group White Flowers Alba, spoke out following a meeting with education secretary Angela Constance at Holyrood earlier.
Survivors want the Scottish Government to extend the remit of the inquiry so that it includes all of those abused by organisations such as the Catholic Church, not just those who were abused while in care.
Father Magee, a parish priest in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, said there was “shameful lack of equality” across the UK, as separate inquiries in England and Northern Ireland are investigating abuse carried out by religious groups.
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