Bessborough Mother and Baby Home survivor says a redress scheme is essential

Terry Healy and her husband, retired Comdt Peter Riordan (Irish Army).

Bessborough mother and baby home survivor, Terry Healy, has hit out against claims in the Mother and Baby Homes report that there was “no evidence” to suggest the Catholic Church forcibly adopted out children.

In an interview with Clem Ryan on Kfm Radio, Terry discussed the personal letter she shared with the Irish Examiner in 2018 and her disagreement on the recent investigation into Ireland’s mother and baby homes, saying the claims that nuns and priests were not involved in forced adoptions was not true: “The Catholic Church ran Ireland at the time, that’s the way it was.”