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26/05/2009
Religious Group Refuse to Revisit Deal Despite Report
Despite calls from several Catholic Bishops, the Conference of the Religious in Ireland (CORI) has refused to revisit the compensation deal agreed in 2002.
The calls to look again at the church/State redress deal, agreed seven years ago between the state and CORI to provide compensation to victims of abuse by the church, have come after the shocking findings in the recently published Ryan report.
CORI have said the refusal by the holy orders to renegotiate the compensation deal agreed with the State is not a blocking mechanism or a way of saying no to the survivors.
CORI represents the 18 congregations responsible for institutional abuse of children.
Yesterday the Catholic primate Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin and Bishop of Killaloe Willie Walsh said the deal should be revisited and the 18 congregations concerned should contribute more.
Speaking on national radio yesterday, CORI Director General Marianne O'Connor said the 2002 deal would not be revisited.
She said the orders were already supporting former residents and that they were seeking the best way to help those still suffering from the abuse they experienced at the hands of those who ran the institutions.
The Cabinet will be receiving a brief from the Attorney General about the legal situation of the deal when it meets later today.
The Labour Party's spokesperson on Justice, Pat Rabbitte has called the refusal to renegotiate "a calculated snub to public opinion".
"The decision of the Religious Congregations to rule out any re-negotiation of the 2002 Indemnity Deal is a calculated snub to public opinion and a further insult to the thousands of children who were raped, abused, brutalised, neglected and exploited in the institutions controlled by these organisations," the TD said.
Speaking on RTÉ's Questions and Answers last night, Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey said the religious orders should put money into a trust to help victims, rather than contribute to the State compensation fund.
(DW/BMcC)
The calls to look again at the church/State redress deal, agreed seven years ago between the state and CORI to provide compensation to victims of abuse by the church, have come after the shocking findings in the recently published Ryan report.
CORI have said the refusal by the holy orders to renegotiate the compensation deal agreed with the State is not a blocking mechanism or a way of saying no to the survivors.
CORI represents the 18 congregations responsible for institutional abuse of children.
Yesterday the Catholic primate Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin and Bishop of Killaloe Willie Walsh said the deal should be revisited and the 18 congregations concerned should contribute more.
Speaking on national radio yesterday, CORI Director General Marianne O'Connor said the 2002 deal would not be revisited.
She said the orders were already supporting former residents and that they were seeking the best way to help those still suffering from the abuse they experienced at the hands of those who ran the institutions.
The Cabinet will be receiving a brief from the Attorney General about the legal situation of the deal when it meets later today.
The Labour Party's spokesperson on Justice, Pat Rabbitte has called the refusal to renegotiate "a calculated snub to public opinion".
"The decision of the Religious Congregations to rule out any re-negotiation of the 2002 Indemnity Deal is a calculated snub to public opinion and a further insult to the thousands of children who were raped, abused, brutalised, neglected and exploited in the institutions controlled by these organisations," the TD said.
Speaking on RTÉ's Questions and Answers last night, Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey said the religious orders should put money into a trust to help victims, rather than contribute to the State compensation fund.
(DW/BMcC)
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