IRELAND
Extra.ie
March 4, 2020
By Graham McGrath
Mary McAleese said that she will leave the Catholic Church if abuse claims from within a community for people with disabilities were ignored by the church.
The former President of Ireland has written to Pope Francis for answers about allegations of abuse from L’Arche Community founder Jean Vanier and priest Fr Thomas Phillipe.
L’Arche International is an organisation for people with intellectual disabilities and it has centres in 39 countries, including four centres in Ireland.
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