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24 January 2017

Derry institutional abuse victim embraced by Bishop of Derry during mass

A Derry man who was the victim of institutional abuse has praised the Bishop of Derry after he embraced him during emotional scenes in the city yesterday.
The Bishop, Dr Donal McKeown, delivered a homily during two services over the weekend at Eugene’s Cathedral and Long Tower, where he addressed the final report into the findings of Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA), which was set up in 2013 to look at historical abuse claims at homes throughout Northern Ireland

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