Letter
from a Parent
Parent and PITY
II member Janet Dacombe has sent us a letter, dated 31st January 2003,
with the request that we print it in our newsletter/website. The letter
is reproduced in its entirety below and expresses Mrs. Dacombe's own
personal opinion and experience. Please email all responses directly
to Mrs. Dacombe at janet.dacombe@virgin.net
Dear
Friends,
Whilst
helping bereaved families across the country as a Compassionate
Friend I have been appalled at the unnecessary pain they have been
forced to go through.
Hundreds
of families have been denied the right to express their grief in
the way that they choose owing to churches rigorously enforcing
outdated, too-strict and even silly churchyard rules.
I
have therefore started a campaign entitled Angels of Freedom and
Comfort. This campaign is to give bereaved families the right to
express their grief by permitting them to put what they wish on
their loved ones grave, so that they can gain comfort.
I
think that these rules have to be challenged and I am challenging
the Church of England at present. Anyone who wishes to join the
campaign, please get in touch.
Janet
Dacombe
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PITY
II (Parents who have Interred Their Young Twice) is the parents' support
group set up in the wake of the organ retention scandal
at Alder Hey Hospital (Liverpool, UK). It aims to provide self help
support and advice to affected families.
Keywords: PITY II, pity II, pity ii, PITY 2, PITY2, pity 2, pity2, Never
Again, never again, DNA, Myrtle Street, poem, poetry, honouring the
memory, memorial, Law Reform, Liverpool, liverpool, organ, retention,
alder hey, heart, inquiry, Redfern, redfern, scandal, support, children,
Retained Organs Commission, ROC, coroners, Litigation & Mediation
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![Link to Alan Milburn's [Secretary of State for Health] Speech to the House of Commons [UK Government] on the 30th of January 2001](../images/report2.gif)
