Mary Raftery
| Mary Raftery | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 December 1957 Dublin, Ireland[1] |
| Died | 10 January 2012 (aged 54) St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin |
| Cause of death | Illness |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, writer |
| Known for | States of Fear, "Cardinal Secrets", tireless campaigning against cover-up of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church |
| Spouse | David Waddell |
| Children | One son |
Mary Frances Thérèse Raftery (21 December 1957 – 10 January 2012) was an Irish investigative journalist, filmmaker and writer.
She started her investigative journalism career with In Dublin magazine in the 1970s, before moving on to Magill Magazine and then to Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) in 1984.
Her documentary series States of Fear was broadcast on the Irish television channel Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) in 1999.[2]
A book she wrote later that year called Suffer the Little Children added more detail to her claim that the Irish childcare system between the 1930s and 1970s was guilty of widespread persecution and abuse.[3]
In 2000, the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse was established by the Irish Government to examine the evidence: its Report was published in May 2009.[4]
Her programme "Cardinal Secrets" was broadcast as a Prime Time special on RTÉ in 2002. It led to the setting up of the Murphy Commission of Investigation into clerical abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese which published the Murphy Report in 2009.
Raftery died after an illness at St. Vincent's University Hospital in the early hours of 10 January 2012.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Mary Raftery dies: Documented child abuse in Ireland". The New York Times. 13 January 2012.
- ^ States of Fear at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ New Island".
- ^ "Child Abuse Commission".
- ^ McGarry, Patsy (10 January 2012). "Journalist Mary Raftery dies". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0110/breaking10.html. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Journalist Mary Raftery dies aged 54". RTÉ News. 10 January 2012. http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0110/rafterym.html. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
