IRELAND
Irish Independent
AN order of nuns is considering suing RTE after the Vincent Browne show carried an interview with a woman who claims to have been physically and sexually abused while in a Magdalene laundry, a claim denied by the order in question.
The Sisters of Our Lady of Charity has confirmed that it has asked lawyers to examine the transcript of the interview with Vincent Browne as well as the contents of the book, 'Kathy's Story', on which the interview is based.
Meanwhile, it has forwarded a complaint about the interview to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission.
The move by the order is the latest in a series of disputes it has had with Ms Kathy O'Beirne (45) who says she was in the order's now closed Magdalene laundry at High Park, Dublin, from the age of 12 to 14.
Ms O'Beirne has said that while in the laundry, she was repeatedly raped and became pregnant. She claims she was also resident at a Magdalene laundry on Sean McDermott St.