Martin does not agree with calls for ‘fast-track’ closure on abuse

ARCHBISHOP Diarmuid Martin said he could not agree with some Catholics who wanted the Church to proclaim closure on past clerical child abuse and move on.

Martin does not agree with calls for ‘fast-track’ closure on abuse
Fri, 02 Apr, 2010 - 01:00
Evelyn Ring

“There is no way we should impose fast-track healing on those whose vulnerability was abused.

“Shameful abuse took place within Church of Christ. The response was totally inadequate,” the Dublin archbishop said yesterday.

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