Readers Blog: Protestant institutions should also pay for abuse

The attempt to depict Roman Catholic religious orders as responsible for the shortfall in Caranua funding is a political sleight of hand (‘€8.5m funding shortfall for abuse victims’, Irish Examiner, August 1).

Readers Blog: Protestant institutions should also pay for abuse
Mon, 13 Aug, 2018 - 01:00

The attempt to depict Roman Catholic religious orders as responsible for the shortfall in Caranua funding is a political sleight of hand (‘€8.5m funding shortfall for abuse victims’, Irish Examiner, August 1).

The statutory fund, that is about to run dry and for which applications have closed, provides ongoing supports for victims of institutional abuse.

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