Survivors of child abuse criticise advert by Commission

SURVIVORS of abuse in children’s residential institutions have said plans by the Laffoy Commission to interview people who were not abused will make nonsense of the commission’s work.

The Aislinn organisation and Irish SOCA (Survivors of Childhood Abuse) both criticised the move as an attempt to cast doubt on the testimony of the hundreds of victims who had trusted the Commission with details of their suffering.

Colm O’Gorman of the One in Four organisation described the move as an “extraordinary development” which he said appeared to have no basis in the legislation brought in to set up the Commission.