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Thu 04 Apr 2009Church criticised over treatment of former nuns
THE CATHOLIC Church has been criticised for inadequate treatment over recent decades of former nuns, priests and brothers without whose unpaid work it would not have been able to provide much of its services.
Where former nuns in particular were concerned, Mary Crooks, co-author of a newly published report, has said that “paradoxically, despite making huge contributions in their service as teachers, nurses and community carers, these women have received little to virtually nothing on departure’’.
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