Clarifying some important issues
Many thanks for publishing my letter on Saturday. Unfortunately, in the editing process you left out an important qualifier which changes the sense of the letter and could lead to much annoyed over-reaction in response.
Your published version "Can anyone from the Department of Education, from Catholic bishops, religious superiors, inspectors, teachers, care workers, doctors to nurses, claim ignorance of what was actually going on?" excludes the phrase "who came in contact with the system" from my original draft, and makes it appear as if I am indicting all teachers, doctors, nurses, etc, when many, I am sure, had no idea what was going on.
Frank Schnittger
Blessington, Co Wicklow
