SCOTLAND
Daily Record
There are times when saying sorry is completely, utterly and entirely inadequate.
The “profound apology” for the many instances of clerical abuse of children and vulnerable persons from the Catholic Church is one of them.
It’s been a remarkable week of sympathy for sexual abuse sufferers following widespread publicity surrounding the publication of former Dumbarton social work chief executive Alexis Jay’s report on the scandal in Rotherham.
That report has led to the jailing of six people, including three brothers and their uncle, who have been convicted of the “systematic” sexual abuse of teenage girls.
There is more to come.
One can only hope that the Catholic Church is listening and that this news has sent shivers down the spine of the hierarchy.
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