The treatment of older people during the pandemic “has been not far short of a disgrace,” Church of Ireland Primate Archbishop John McDowell has said. “We rightly accept slightly increased risks to keep schools open so that children will not lose out on their education. He was delivering his presidential address to the church’s General Synod on Tuesday. Originally scheduled to take place in Croke Park last May, the General Synod was postponed because of the pandemic and is taking place online this week. “I know many parishes will have had their own ways of helping those in that sort of need.

Source: The Irish Times December 02, 2020 14:43 UTC