Tv3 Will Tonight Air Exclusive Interview with Clerical Abuse Survivor

TV3
July 8, 2014

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Irish clerical child abuse survivor Mark Vincent Healy will appear on ‘Tonight with Ivan Yates’ for an exclusive interview about his meeting with Pope Francis, which took place yesterday morning in Rome.

Mark Vincent was one of two Irish survivors who travelled to Rome for a private meeting with the Pope.

This will be his first broadcast appearance since the historic meeting took place.

‘Tonight with Ivan Yates’ airs tonight at 11pm on TV3.

Irish clerical child abuse survivor Mark Vincent Healy will appear on ‘Tonight with Ivan Yates’ for an exclusive interview about his meeting with Pope Francis yesterday morning in Rome. The interview, which will air from 11pm tonight (Tuesday 8th July) on TV3, will be Mark Vincent’s first broadcast appearance since the historic meeting took place and an exclusive for TV3. He will appear on the show alongside Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent for The Irish Times.

Dubliner Mark Vincent Healy (54) travelled to Rome last Friday and had been staying at the Pope’s Santa Marta residence before the private 45-minute meeting yesterday morning. He was one of two Irish survivors who met with the Pope and he told The Irish Times that his meeting was “very comfortable”. He spoke about self-harming and suicide among abuse victims, under-reporting of abuse cases by church authorities and the difficulties he was having in bringing it to a conclusion.

Mark Vincent will further discuss his meeting with Pope Frances tonight with Ivan Yates, who is standing in for Vincent Browne on TV3’s flagship current affairs programme the ‘Tonight’ show.