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Church leaders have issued apologies in the wake of the publication of the Research Report on Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland.
The Research Report on Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries, which was published in Northern Ireland on January 26, found strong similarities with the experience of women examined in the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, which was published in the Republic of Ireland earlier this month.
The same day the report, which can be viewed here, was published, the Northern Ireland Executive announced that an independent inquiry will be launched.
Tim Wyatt reports on the Church of Ireland’s online General Synod meeting Church of Ireland
The Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd John McDowell
THE Church of Ireland must change after a year of testing and challenge, the new
Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd John McDowell, said as he opened this year’s meeting of the General Synod on Tuesday of last week.
Members met online to discuss Brexit, race, and reconciliation, as well as issues related to the coronavirus.
Archbishop McDowell began his address: “We are all learning, and I hope the learning is not too painful.” The whole Church had been caught up in the limbo imposed by the pandemic, trying to adjust to the new reality, he said.