UNITED STATES
Irish Voice
By Georgina Brennan
The deadline for victims of abuse in Irish child care institutions to file claims for redress is December 15, 2005. Once that deadline passes anyone who suffered cruel and harrowing abuse at those institutions between 1920 and 1970 will continue to suffer in silence without any compensation.
The new executive director of the Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers, Sheila Gleeson, has issued a fresh appeal for U.S.-based victims to come forward before it’s too late.
“Late applications will not be accepted and so it is important to start the application process immediately,” Gleeson told the Irish Voice.
An estimated 12,000 victims who were denied a proper upbringing, barely learned to read and write and suffered physical, sexual and emotional abuse while resident in Irish industrial schools, reformatories, orphanages and other institutions have not come forward. Many are thought to be residing in the U.S. ...
Five thousand claimants have already launched claims connected to the abuse, starvation and cruelty in the Church-managed institutions. Awards that have been made by the Redress Board vary between €50,000 and €300,000.
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