Former High Court, European Court of Human Rights and Court of Appeal judge Mr Justice John Hedigan, now chair of the National Archives; yesterday’s Irish Mail on Sunday
Yesterday, Anne Sheridan, in the Irish Mail on Sunday, reported that records obtained under Freedom of Information show retired judge John Hedigan, chair of the National Archives, wanted the State to seal child abuse documents for 100 years.
Ms Sheridan reported:
The National Archives has urged the State to seal child abuse documents for 100 years, the Irish Mail on Sunday can reveal.
That is even longer than the 75 years proposed in controversial legislation, which has been much criticised by abuse victims and by historian Catherine Corless.
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NO. Name and shame or nothing will change and lessons won’t be learn’t.
Has a strong whiff of Opus Dei off it.
Indeed and it does.. we have to call this out in society and bring it to an end..
The Medical Councils transcripts on the Dr Moira Woods sex abuse scandal are extant and have been published into the public domain (via website) with no repercussions. I wonder why?
The usual nonsense, wait until everyone involved in long dead before letting the truth be known.
Disgusting.
A real issue. Not some contrived hate speech march.
+100 years