Annual Mass for families of the Disappeared hears victims’ families ‘cannot find peace or trust until the truth emerges’ and their loss is ‘properly acknowledged’
Catholic Primate, Archbishop Eamon Martin: Operation Kenova report highlighted 'failure to properly acknowledge the hurt inflicted on families during the Troubles and the lack of disclosure about murder which wouldn’t be tolerated anywhere else'. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Jon Boutcher, now PSNI Chief Constable, led the team that prepared the report. He concluded that the IRA’s treatment of informers was among the “most shameful and evil I have ever encountered”. Archbishop Martin said the Operation Kenova report “makes it clear that families like yours and others who are coping with the legacy of our conflict simply cannot find peace or trust until the truth emerges, and your loss is properly acknowledged”.
Actor James Nesbitt , a patron of the WAVE Trauma Centre, walking with Joe Lynskey's niece Maria Lynskey and Columba McVeigh's sister Dympna Kerr during the All Souls Silent Walk for the Disappeared last November. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
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