The Roman Catholic Church has been accused of taking a ‘deny ‘till they die’ attitude to the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries, a report in the US based Irish central web site stated on May 6
A support group for those abused by nuns in the laundries has also claimed that the Church is giving them the ‘classic run-around’ and ignoring their letters.
The Justice For Magdalenes group has since written to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin in response to comments he made on radio this week.
Archbishop Martin told RTE that he is ‘sympathetic’ to the Magdalene women’s case.
“The church has addressed such issues from the past and there is no reason why we can’t address this one,” said the Archbishop.
According to the Irish Times, Boston College Professor Jim Smith has now written to the Archbishop saying he was heartened by the interview but was upset by the lack of response from those involved.
Prof Smith told the Times that he had written to the four congregations involved in running the laundries – the Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Charity, Good Shepherd Sisters, and Sisters of Our Lady of Charity – when he had previously written to the Archbishop.