IRELAND
The Irish Times
EOIN BURKE-KENNEDY
Tributes have been paid to the late journalist and broadcaster Mary Raftery (54) who died in St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin today after an illness.
Abuse victim and campaigner Andrew Madden said Ms Raftery had been “instrumental” in helping many survivors expose the truth about what the Catholic Church and others knew about the sexual abuse of children by priests.
“Mary Raftery has contributed hugely to helping survivors receive some semblance of justice: The Ryan and Murphy reports are now part of the public record of this country and will remain there and continue to inform us for many years. For too many survivors, having those reports on the public record is the only justice they have ever received.”
“I will be forever grateful to Mary for all she has done to help shed a light where it wasn’t wanted,” he said.
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