Un Committee on Compensation for Magdalenes

SNAP
May 23, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/ireland_un_committee_on_compensation_for_magdalenes

A new United Nations committee report blasts Vatican officials for not making sure that Catholic officials compensate the thousands of victims of the church-run Magdalene laundries

The panel cited "the continued refusal by the four religious orders that ran the Magdalene laundries in Ireland to contribute to a redress fund for individuals subjected to abuse in those facilities."

We are grateful that these international experts are calling attention to the inexcusable recalcitrance of Catholic figures who still treat these deeply wounded victims with callousness and contempt.

We are not optimistic, but we hope this latest plea for real church help for Magdalene victims - not words or gestures, but tangible help - will not fall on deaf Vatican ears.