DUBLIN (IRELAND)
The Irish Catholic
September 6, 2018
A church in Cork was filled with applause and tears on Sunday after baby shoes were placed on the altar to commemorate the victims and survivors of clerical abuse.
Canon David Herlihy said he proposed the commemoration ceremony that took place in St Mary’s Parish Church in Youghal after members of the Standing4Women movement had tied children’s shoes to the church railings early last week in solidarity with all those who had been affected by the scandals.
“Just before Mass started I invited people to go out and to untie the shoes, anyone who wished to do so. There was great backing in the parish,” he said, adding that there was a “very big turnout of survivors”.
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