The ACP wish to congratulate Kevin at having his name cleared. It is also of particular satisfaction to the Association because, when none of the Church authorites was willing to stand by him, our legal team took on his case, and pursued it successfully. We thank them for their great work on our and his behalf. Click here to read the actual apology.
Wilfred Harrington OP and Jim Stanley CSsR share their reflections
Kevin Hegarty speaks of ‘the two kinds of Catholic Churches in Ireland – the parish community where I work and find fulfilment and the institutional Church from which I often feel alienated’ in his address to the AGM on Tuesday 4 October
This is the text of Marie Keenan’s talk at the AGM. Members found it a very challenging talk, which questions many of the assumptions about child protection. Two that stand out for this editor are what she has to say about the National Board for Safeguarding Children, and the fact that bishops and religious superiors have now taken on the role of policing criminal activity, which she says should be reserved to the organs of the State.
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