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Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has said he cannot strip the four religious orders who owned the Magdalene Laundries of their charitable status.
It follows their refusal to contribute to the Government’s multimillion euro redress scheme for survivors of the institutions.
Magdalene Survivors Together called on the Government to remove the orders’ charitable status and to cease State funding in response to their decision.
The orders concerned are the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, the Sisters of Mercy, the Good Shepherd Sisters and the Religious Sisters of Charity.
The nuns have offered to help the women in other ways, such as caring for about 100 of them in residential settings.
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