IRELAND
Irish Catholic
Senior Vatican officials will hear first hand of the experiences of Irish abuse victims at a major conference in Rome early next month aimed at ensuring better Church guidelines worldwide to ensure abuse allegations are handled properly.
Marie Collins, who was abused by Dublin priest Fr Paul McGennis, was one of the first people to come forward on how the Church failed to respond properly to her abuse.
She was instrumental in the Government’s decision to set up the Murphy Commission. She will speak of her experiences before Church leaders from all over the globe as well as senior Vatican officials such as Cardinal William Levada.
Irish Church leaders will also be among the delegates. The Conference of Religious in Ireland (Cori) — which represents more than 9,000 women and men religious — will be represented by Sr Marianne O’Connor.
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