Justice needed for the survivors of and victims of Bethany House abuse

Minutes before this man had been talking about the sanctity of each human life. Now he was dismissing the unmarked graves of the babies who died needlessly at Bethany and the stories of the home’s 25 survivors by saying it wasn’t “technically” a Church of Ireland home.

I HAD spent the night coring 30 mandarins and sticking candles and liquorice All-Sorts in them to make “Christingles” for the service on Dec 23 in my local Church of Ireland parish.

The orange is round like the earth. The ribbon is red like Christ’s blood. The sweets and fruit are the bounty of nature. And the light is the light of Christ’s love.