IRELAND
Irish Independent
GARETH NAUGHTON – 10 JUNE 2013
A MAGDALENE support group has rejected any attempt to set up a reconciliation forum between survivors and the religious orders.
The forum is believed to be a key plank of Justice John Quirke’s recommendations to the Government on the establishment of a redress scheme for the survivors of the laundries.
However, Stephen O’Riordan, director of Magdalene Survivors Together, said that the women in his group would not be facilitating a reconciliation forum having already spoken about their time in the laundries in the McAleese report and through the media.
“The women would have no interest in participating in that process at all in any way, shape or form. They have already told their stories,” he said.
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