by Oisin Walsh | Jan 22, 2017 | News archive 2017
Statement issued on behalf of Bishop Noel Treanor in respect of the injured PSNI officer in North Belfast this evening. On behalf of the Diocese of Down and Connor, I denounce and condemn in the strongest possible terms the deplorable attack this evening on a police...
by Oisin Walsh | Jan 22, 2017 | News archive 2017
In order to acknowledge the importance and significance attached to the publication, the findings and recommendations of the HIAI Report into Historical Institutional abuse which was published on Friday, 20 January, Bishop Noel Treanor together with Bishop...
by Chah Garde | Jan 20, 2017 | News archive 2017
I welcome the publication today by Judge Anthony Hart of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry Report. From the outset I wish to apologise to everyone who suffered abuse perpetrated by a priest or religious. To abuse a child is a most abhorrent act, is evil and...
by Oisin Walsh | Jan 20, 2017 | News archive 2017
The publication today by Sir Anthony Hart of the Report into historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland is a significant moment for survivors and their families. They are uppermost in my thoughts today. Notwithstanding the distressing experience of...
by Chah Garde | Jan 20, 2017 | News archive 2017
The Diocese of Down and Connor acknowledges, with a profound sense of shame, the report prepared by the HIAI and commends the professionalism of Sir Anthony Hart and all those who assisted him in conducting the investigations and preparing this report. This report...
