Comment: Revisionism on mother and baby report must not be allowed

The most egregious failure of the Commission is it does not know how to treat the testimony of people who so generously spoke to them, writes Katherine O’Donnell

The report from the Commission of Investigation fails to adequately address the present ongoing legacy and current issues in the lives lived by tens of thousands of people who are directly affected by our closed and secret adoption system. File photo: Andy Newman

It is difficult to read the Report of the Mother and Baby Home Commission, the detail of multiple traumas is often overwhelming. 

However, the report is also difficult to read because of its failure to present a coherent interpretation of the evidence of this recent history.