On the fifth anniversary of publication of Murphy report – Archbishop Diarmuid Martin reflects
The fifth anniversary of the publication of the Murphy Report
on the management, by both Church and State organisations, of
allegations of the sexual abuse of children by priests working in the Archdiocese of Dublin, brings back to me the horror of the revelations that the report contains.
Inevitably,
my first reaction is to remember and recognise the horrible abuse that
children experienced, which has left them with wounds and hurts in their
lives which still remain today. The second reaction is to note how
their hurt was in many cases made worse by the inadequacies of the
responses of Church leaders and of the HSE and Garda Síochána.
