The price we’ll pay for fatherless homes

I REFER to the article entitled 'Fatherless homes lead to child crime’ (Irish Examiner, Jan 12).
The price we’ll pay for fatherless homes
Sat, 17 Jan, 2004 - 00:00

Our organisation, Amen, regularly hears from fathers who are removed from or marginalised in their children's lives through no fault of their own.

Family court decisions on divorce and separation routinely remove fathers from family homes and leave them in a position where they can no longer function effectively as fathers in their children's lives. This situation is further compounded by some mothers who breach access orders and undermine the status of their children's fathers.

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