A bishop at the funeral of Jean McConville, murdered more than 30 years ago by the IRA, said today her killers had touched the depths of depravity.
Mrs McConville's remains were finally being laid to rest, 31 years after she was taken from her home and killed by an IRA gang.
The Bishop of Down and Connor, Dr Patrick Walsh, in his funeral address at St Paul's Church in west Belfast said the McConville family had been "wounded and scarred" by the years of waiting to bury their mother.
He said the cruelty of her death had been compounded by her being buried in an unmarked grave.
"Every aspect of the murder was inhuman. It touched the depths of depravity."
He told the family: "At times during these 30 years you must have felt agonisingly alone but there were many people that supported you over the years, many here at this mass and you have gratefully acknowledged their help."
Mrs McConville (37) when she died and a mother of 10, was taken from her home at Divis Flats in west Belfast in December 1972 after going to the aid of a critically wounded soldier.
The IRA admitted responsibility for her murder, claiming she had been an informer - something her family vigorously denied.
One of the so-called "disappeared", her remains were discovered nine weeks ago on a beach in Co Louth.
Before today's funeral mass a family feud had threatened to overshadow the day as Mrs McConville's daughter Helen McKendry had said she would not be attending.
However Mrs McKendry and her family arrived at the church as ordinary mourners.
Other members of the family helped carry the coffin into the church when it arrived from her son Michael's home in Crumlin, Co. Antrim.
A priest delivering the homily said Mrs McConville and the other "disappeared" would forever stand in judgment on the shame and guilt of their murderers.
Monsignor Thomas Toner told the mourners: "The death of Jean had more influence than most. It not only devastated the lives of her children, but it dehumanised her murderers and stripped them of all dignity and respect."
A large floral tribute with the word "granny" in pink flowers was displayed in the hearse.
After the funeral the cortege travelled down the Falls Road past Sinn Féin's headquarters where it stopped near the spot where the IRA led her to her death. A minute's silence was held outside Divis Tower, the last remaining block of the flats complex where she lived.
Her remains were then taken to Lisburn, Co. Antrim to be buried alongside her husband Arthur, who had died a few months before her murder.