Magdalene laundry survivors denied meeting with CORI

THE Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) advocacy group has said it is “greatly concerned” that CORI (The Conference of Religious of Ireland) has refused to meet and discuss the group’s campaign for an apology and a redress scheme for survivors of the Magdalene laundries.

In an email sent at the start of this month, CORI director general Sr Marianne O’Connor informed JFM that CORI’s executive board will not meet with the group. In the email, Sr O’Connor suggested the group contact the respective religious congregations as CORI was merely an umbrella organisation and the religious congregations each retain their own autonomy.

Justice for Magdalenes has written to the four religious congregations on three separate occasions in the past year, requesting a meeting.