MEMBERS OF the Child Abuse Commission are due to meet today to decide the fate of thousands of original documents detailing the abuse of children in institutions. The commissioners are expected to order the retention of some documents for research and historical purposes, but the vast majority will be shredded, according to informed sources.
Over the past decade, the commission has collected evidence from victims, as well as admissions from members of religious orders who were involved in or witnessed abuse.
The commissioners, who are understood to be overwhelmed by the response to their report published last week, will take steps to wind up operations now that their work is finished. Many of the staff and commissioners were seconded from other organisations and will return there once the inquiry body closes down.
The commission has no role in the awarding of legal costs to parties who appeared before it. This work is expected to continue for some years.
None of the material collected by the commission can by used by the Garda in any criminal prosecution arising from the review of the report ordered by Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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If ANY of these documents is shredded and ALL are not preserved for posterity, it will be a major travesty of the remembrance of what never should be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteIt is the abusers that need to be SHREDDED not the documents.
ReplyDeleteIt is a disgrace that they are thinking of doing away with the real evidence and that it cannot be used to prosecute these criminals.
In any other society in the world that is what would happen. Files on the guilty would not be shredded to cover up the crimes.
How dare our Government and Justice system aid and abet the guilty by conveniently getting rid of the evidence.
So much for justice. By doing that they will be as guilty as the abusers after the fact. They have the power in their hands to have these wicked men and women pay and pay dearly for their unspeakable crimes and they are going to wash their hands of it and let the guilty walk away and get on with their lives yet the victims of the abuse will continue to suffer for the rest of their lives.
That goes to show the corruption of the Church, the State and our Justice system. There is no JUSTICE in this country so they should get rid of that word from that particular Government Department because it does not do what its title says. It is a farce.