The head of the Catholic Church's
safeguarding watchdog has criticised the absence of a compassionate
response to survivors of abuse in some religious orders.
Speaking to the Irish Independent, Teresa Devlin, CEO of the
National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church, said
the provincials of some of the female religious orders had expressed
regret and distress to her over the harshness of the regime that their
orders oversaw.http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/religious-orders-knew-regime-was-rough-and-dreadful-watchdog-31523907.html