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30/06/2009
Sister of Charity Nun Apologises To Victims
A nun has today apologised to children who were abused while under the care of the Sisters of Charity organisation.
Sister Stanislaus Kennedy, who campaigns for social justice, is a member of the religious order that, among others, was criticised in the devastating Ryan Report.
She said members were ashamed, shocked and horrified by the physical and sexual abuse of children at its facilities.
“We must ensure that wide-scale and systematic abuse of children does not happen again in this country. Abuse happens when power is vested in individuals and institutions who are unaccountable," she said.
Sister Kennedy is well known for her charitable works, founding the homelessness charity Focus Ireland in 1985 and setting up The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) in 2001 as a response to the social needs of new immigrants living in Ireland.
In 1997 she was appointed to the Council of State by President Mary McAleese and served until 2004.
The social justice campaigner told a conference in Dublin Castle the report laid bare the appalling manner in which the most vulnerable children were treated in institutions run by congregations over the past 50 years.
(DW/BMcC)
Sister Stanislaus Kennedy, who campaigns for social justice, is a member of the religious order that, among others, was criticised in the devastating Ryan Report.
She said members were ashamed, shocked and horrified by the physical and sexual abuse of children at its facilities.
“We must ensure that wide-scale and systematic abuse of children does not happen again in this country. Abuse happens when power is vested in individuals and institutions who are unaccountable," she said.
Sister Kennedy is well known for her charitable works, founding the homelessness charity Focus Ireland in 1985 and setting up The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) in 2001 as a response to the social needs of new immigrants living in Ireland.
In 1997 she was appointed to the Council of State by President Mary McAleese and served until 2004.
The social justice campaigner told a conference in Dublin Castle the report laid bare the appalling manner in which the most vulnerable children were treated in institutions run by congregations over the past 50 years.
(DW/BMcC)
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