Magdelene laundry victims - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:34:25 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Magdelene laundry victims - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Ireland's president apologises to Magdalene laundry women https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/06/14/irelands-president-magdalene-laundry/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 07:51:31 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=108211 Ireland's President Michael Higgins has described the treatment of women and children in state-controlled institutions managed by the Catholic Church as a "deep stain on Ireland's past." During an historic ceremony to honor former residents of Magdalene laundries, Higgins apologised to the women, whom he called "survivors of the Magdalene regime. "All of you and Read more

Ireland's president apologises to Magdalene laundry women... Read more]]> Ireland's President Michael Higgins has described the treatment of women and children in state-controlled institutions managed by the Catholic Church as a "deep stain on Ireland's past."

During an historic ceremony to honor former residents of Magdalene laundries, Higgins apologised to the women, whom he called "survivors of the Magdalene regime.

"All of you and all the other women who cannot be with us today were failed by these institutions, the experience of which you share, and the religious orders that ran them." Read more

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