Survivor groups urge Liddell to include them in Catholic abuse watchdog

SCOTLAND
Herald Scotland

Gerry Braiden, Local Government Correspondent / @BraidenHT

SURVIVOR groups have urged the chair of a new watchdog body overseeing how the Catholic Church deals with historic abuse to include them at the heart of her work. to ensure the church is held “genuinely accountable for the failures of the past”,

The In Care Survivors’ group (INCAS) said former Labour cabinet minister Baroness Helen Liddell must ensure the Church is held “genuinely accountable for the failures of the past”.

The calls comes as the former Church of Scotland moderator who chaired the commission that investigated Catholic abuse welcomed the appointment, revealed yesterday by The Herald.

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