IRELAND
RTE News
The Taoiseach has been urged by survivors of institutional abuse to seek an immediate papal intervention to break the deadlock between Catholic religious orders and the State over the Church’s contribution to redressing the wrongs done to residents of their institutions.
The call from the advocacy group, Irish Survivors of Child Abuse, says the Catholic Church religious orders which are signatories to the 2002 Indemnity Agreement with the State have reneged on their promises to pay their fair share towards the State’s redress process.
Irish SOCA made its plea for Pope Francis to break the impasse concerning abuse in a statement this afternoon.
“Enda Kenny should travel to Rome as soon as practical and demand a comprehensive and honourable settlement of all matters connected with the child abuse scandals which implicate the servants of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland.
“These matters have dragged on for too long.”
Accusing the religious bodies of being “entirely without honour”, SOCA says the only power on earth to which they are likely to respond is Pope Francis.
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