NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
February 16, 2021
Victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland are to receive an official apology.
The issue was discussed at a meeting of Executive and church leaders.
First Minister Arlene Foster and Junior Minister Declan Kearney met with the Catholic Church’s Archbishop Eamon Martin, Church of Ireland Archbishop John McDowell, and representatives from Barnardo’s and the Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI) to discuss the remaining recommendations from the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry.
The Inquiry, chaired by the late judge Sir Anthony Hart, called for compensation, a memorial to the victims and a formal apology.
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