Greaney arrived in Hong Kong in 1971 and spent the next 37 years there as a missionary and nurse. After retiring to Ireland, her mission is now to a flourishing parish community for the Chinese diaspora in Dublin.
A Jan. 12 report revealed that up to 9,000 children died in Irish mother and baby homes, many of which were run by religious congregations. Two orders issued statements of apology, as did the head of the Irish church.
An Irish government investigation has found that death rates among infants in religious-run mother and baby homes during parts of the 1930s and 1940s were twice that of the national average.
