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Thu 05 May 2009Orders must give 'substantially more' to victims
CORI REACTION:RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS implicated in the child abuse scandal should make “substantial additional resources” available to the redress scheme for victims, Fr Seán Healy of the Conference of Religious of Ireland (Cori) Justice said yesterday.
Apologising for the “appalling” abuse carried out by members of 18 of Cori’s 138 member congregations, Fr Healy said: “The pain and hurt caused to so many people in these institutions by abuse on such a vast scale is horrendous. It was extensive and systemic. I was far worse than we had realised.”
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