IRELAND
Irish Times
Lorna Siggins Tuam, Co Galway
Archbishop of Tuam Dr Michael Neary has said he is “horrified and saddened” to have learned of the large number of children buried in the “graveyard” at the former Bon Secours mother and baby home in the town.
Speaking at 10.30am Mass on Sunday in Tuam Cathedral, Dr Neary said his continued priority was to seek a “dignified re-interment” of the remains of children in consecrated ground – in cooperation with the families of the deceased.
The archdiocese would also continue to co-operate with the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, he said,although not directly involved in running the institution, which closed in 1961.
The commission’s work, “though difficult to read and comprehend” was “another necessary step on the path to the truth”, he said.
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