Assembly committee hears survivors staying silent due to fear of family discovery
Campaigners on the steps of Parliament Buildings calling for an inquiry and redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes and their relatives to be amended to remove a cut-off date of 2011 for applications
Protestant women are opting out of the inquiry into mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland because of stigma and shame, it has been claimed.
A majority of victims and survivors of the mostly church-run institutions — to be publicly investigated next year — are coming forward as Catholics.