Eamon Martin backs calls for mother and baby home inquiry Archbishop Eamon Martin has said the homes should be subject to investigation. 29 January, 2021 17:21
THE leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin has said he would support a public inquiry into what happened in the north s mother and baby homes.
The Catholic Primate also agreed that victims of mother and baby homes should be entitled to compensation.
A Department of Health report on the homes was published on Tuesday and the Executive have now agreed to commission an independent investigation into what went on in the institutions, workhouses and Magdalene Laundries.
A number of religious organisations have apologised for their role in operating the Mother and Baby Homes.
A research report into operation of the institutions, published on Tuesday, examined eight mother and baby homes, a number of former workhouses and four Magdalene laundries.
Some of those investigated were operated by the Presbyterian Church.
In any forthcoming inquiry, or process, we will certainly co-operate as far as we are able
Right Rev Dr David Bruce
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Right Rev Dr David Bruce said: “We deeply regret and unreservedly apologise for the damaging effects of institutional care, in which the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, or its members, played a part.
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