Connell offers olive branch to victims
In an unprecedented show of solidarity with victims, Cardinal Connell invited two of their representatives to take a prominent role in influencing how his archdiocese handled the issue in future.
The olive branch was offered after a five-hour meeting between the cardinal, Bishop Eamonn Walsh and victims Marie Collins and Ken Reilly, who had planned to lead a silent march to the cardinal's Dublin residence this Sunday to insist that he resign over his failures adequately to deal with victims' concerns.
