A residential institution for children investigated by the Ryan Commission should be set aside as a memorial to the suffering of survivors, Fr Vincent Twomey has proposed. “The abuse scandals have left a trail of devastation and suffering behind, which only God can heal. “I would like to propose that one or other of the institutions mentioned in Ryan (Artane, Letterfrack, Goldenbridge) should be turned into a public memorial to that dark chapter by a combined effort of both Church and State. One way would be an annual day of public fast and abstinence on the part of us priests and religious in reparation for both clerical and institutional abuse. “One day at the beginning of Lent – perhaps the first Friday in Lent – could be designated as a Day of Reparation.

Source: The Irish Times January 30, 2020 21:49 UTC