The book adds a fresh - post-Ryan Report - perspective on why the religious orders engaged in such systemic abuse. Up until the Ryan Report, most of them were reluctant to admit to the scale of abuse that their orders meted out to the children in their care. Haunting Cries investigates how they dealt with the damning indictments against them. The stories of the survivors take into account that new perspective. We hear their views on whether the Ryan Commission and the Redress Board have adequately given them the compensation, vindication and justice they feel they deserve. Haunting Cries is an important book. It gives these survivors a voice, allowing us to hear the testimonies of those who for so long were silenced. Written by Karen Coleman, one of Ireland's finest broadcasters and journalists.
Autorentext
Karen Coleman is one of Ireland's best-known broadcasters and journalists. A former BBC war correspondent, she has also previously worked for the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ and TV3. Karen has also hosted the award-winning Wide Angle show for Newstalk for more than a decade. Haunting Cries is her first book. She is currently writing her second book, which covers Ireland's tumultuous journey from economic boom to bust.
Zusammenfassung
'I hear people say now, "Oh, this is an historical thing." It's not historical for me. I can reach out my hand and touch it.'Survivor of child abuse at Daingean reformatoryIn their own words, survivors of institutional abuse outline how they suffered years of mistreatment while incarcerated in industrial schools throughout Ireland.Their experiences reflect what happened to thousands of children who were locked up in institutions run by religious orders. Their stories also illustrate the power of the human spirit and the extraordinary survival instincts of those who endured these schools.Written by Karen Coleman, one of Ireland's finest broadcasters and journalists, this important book highlights the full scale of the physical, emotional and sexual abuse that took place in Irish religious institutions.Haunting Cries brings this tragic tale of systemic abuse up-to-date to include the publication of, and fall-out from, the Ryan Commission Report and the set-up of the Residential Institutions Redress Board.