Survivors’ group Restore Together is hopeful that a “non-adversarial” redress system can be established through which survivors do not have to go to court.
“It’s the unknown that’s difficult” Corry McMahon, a member of the group, told RTÉ radio’s News at One ahead of the publication this evening of a report into sexual abuse in boarding and day schools run by Catholic religious institutions.
“It’s awful that it is minimised into ‘I was abused’, it should be far deeper. It is so much more life changing than that single word of abuse.”
The group wants victims’ voices “front and centre at all times. “And that our voices don’t get lost behind an inquiry. I’ve noticed somewhere along the line that a redress scheme would be formulated after the inquiry. But the inquiry could go on for years. And there are people that need help now.
“It’s been going on for years but has been really highlighted in the last four years. I’ve spoken to so many people, men and…
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