IRELAND
Irish Independent
Maeve Sheehan
March 12 2017
The Archbishop of Tuam has called for the probe into the scandal of mother and baby homes to be widened beyond religious orders.
Archbishop Michael Neary also apologised for the role of the Catholic church “as part of that time and society” when “particular children and their mothers were not welcomed, they were not wanted and they were not loved”.
The Archbishop delivered a homily at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Tuam yesterday, near where children’s remains were discovered on the site of what was St Mary’s mother and baby home run by the Bon Secours sisters.
Speaking yesterday, he said there is “an urgent need for an enquiry to examine all aspects of life at the time, broadening the focus from one particular religious congregation, and instead addressing the roles and interrelationships between church, State, local authorities and society generally.”
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