Tag: Courts
Clerical Abuse: Northern Ireland victims fight back
Deborah McAleese October 22, 2009.
Print: Belfast Telegraph
Abuse victims across Northern Ireland are to launch a landmark legal case against several religious orders, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
Decades after suffering horrific abuse at the hands of nuns and priests in church-run industrial schools and orphanages a growing number of victims are now turning to the courts for retribution and closure. They are also planning legal action against the government bodies that were responsible for child welfare at the time, for failing to protect them.
