Survivors of clerical abuse 'regret' lack of consultation over event to commemorate State apology

Organisers of a large scale event in Dublin tomorrow to mark 20 years since the State apology to victims of clerical child sex abuse and a decade on from the publication of the Ryan Report have said they "regret" a lack of consultation with many survivors over the schedule and related issues.

The Christine Buckley Centre and friends will host an event in the Edmund Burke Theatre in Trinity College Dublin for a conference called Facing the future together – Ireland’s lifelong responsibility to the survivors of institutional abuse, while a commemoration event to mark 20 years after the state apology will also take place in the afternoon at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.