Irish Times view on Australian child abuse apology: echoes reverberate around the globe

Question of why trust was betrayed will be explored for many years in Ireland and Australia. The echoes from Australia were unmistakeable. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s apology, on behalf of the state to people who as children had been abused in institutions, followed a five year Royal Commission inquiry. In Ireland a comparable apology was delivered 10 years before publication of the Ryan report which made similar findings about the abuse of children in such institutions in Ireland.

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