Saturday, November 13, 2010

Claims Vatican visitors treated like criminals

A MALAHIDE Catholic lay activist has slammed Vatican authorities after he and a number of survivors of clerical sex abuse were intimidated and 'corralled like criminals' at St Peter's Square. 

Brendan Butler, who chairs the local Justice and Peace Group, was one of a party of five that accompanied and supported two survivors to Rome on Reformation Day, October 31st, to mark the year of the survivor. 

However, Mr Butler claimed Italian police 'ring-fenced' the group and refused to allow them into the square in an act of 'harassment'.

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