Deserving of respect

IT IS very sad to hear so much criticism of nuns, priests and other religious.

Of course nobody could excuse those who abused children in their care, but I am thinking of the thousands of nuns, brothers and priests who looked after children given into their care. After the Famine, people in Ireland were impoverished, homeless and uneducated. Orders of nuns set up convents, hospitals and schools all over the country.

I feel sorry for nuns who gave up family, friends and their freedom and devoted their whole lives to educating and nursing everyone who needed it at little cost.

God will reward them I’m sure, but we should show a little bit of appreciation too.

Mary O’Sullivan

Burgatia Road

Rosscarbery, Co Cork