Editing Mary McAleese (section)

===Canon law studies===
In 2018, McAleese was awarded a doctorate in canon law (JCD) from [[Pontifical Gregorian University]].<ref name=IT/><ref name="independent.ie">{{Cite web | url=https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/how-dr-mcaleese-laid-down-canon-law-to-her-detractors-in-vatican-37368503.html | title=How Dr McAleese laid down canon law to her detractors in Vatican | date=30 September 2018 | access-date=22 November 2019 | archive-date=6 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806053300/https://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/how-dr-mcaleese-laid-down-canon-law-to-her-detractors-in-vatican-37368503.html | url-status=live }}</ref> She had previously said that she obtained a master's degree and licentiate in canon law and her interest grew because of her concern about what has been happening in the Church – the sexual abuse scandal, among other things. When McAleese looked at the scandal, she said "I was struck by what investigators said about canon law and canon lawyers. It was a scathing indictment: In not one single incidence of sexual abuse had canon law been able to do anything on the victim's side, nothing useful or helpful."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bc.edu/publications/chronicle/FeaturesNewsTopstories/2013/top-stories/q-a--mary-mcaleese.html|title=Interview with Mary McAleese two-term president of Ireland|website=bc.edu|access-date=15 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120308/http://www.bc.edu/publications/chronicle/FeaturesNewsTopstories/2013/top-stories/q-a--mary-mcaleese.html|url-status=live}}</ref>