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27 May 2009 21:11
Religious orders defy call to pay more into child abuse compensation scheme 26.05.09, Times On Line (UK). The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has clashed with the religious orders involved in child abuse over the amount they are willing to contribute towards compensating victims. Eighteen Catholic congregations defied calls from Cardinal Sean Brady to be more generous in their dealings with those who suffered abuse. Pressure has been building on the Catholic hierarchy to do something about the grossly disproportionate burden that the Irish taxpayer has to shoulder in a controversial compensation or “redress” scheme for thousands of victims. But the religious orders said last night that they would not renegotiate the deal after Cardinal Brady, who is also bishop of Ireland’s largest diocese, asked them to revisit the terms of the compensation. Abused while in care of Church 26.05.09, Belfast Media (UK). A West Belfast community worker who was sexually abused whilst in care has accused the Catholic Church of protecting paedophiles. John Leathem was beaten regularly by nuns while growing up as a child in the Nazareth Lodge orphanage on the Ormeau Road. On his 13th birthday John was moved to the De Lalle Salle boys’ home in Kircubbin, Co Down. For the next four years he was molested by older boys, until he left the institution aged 17. He claims Brothers, some of whom were raping the teenagers, turned a blind eye to the abuse.
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