No state compensation for Magdelene abuse
Justice for Magdalenes met with officials from the Department of Justice yesterday to discuss their ongoing campaign for a state apology and redress for women who were locked in laundries run by the religious orders and used as unpaid workers.
Professor James Smith of the JFM Advisory Committee said department officials admitted to them yesterday that the state accepted there was abuse in these facilities as documented by the Ryan report and other survivor testimonies.
