Fair enough Sean. Perhaps my comment was insensitive. I apologise if anyone was hurt by what I said or how I said it. I guess what I am really saying is that as an ordinary young Irish Catholic, I am
Some interesting and very valid points Sean. The best Confessions I've ever had are with priests who truly have a heart formed in the image of the Good Shepherd. I feel as if I have encountered Christ
When sin has been reframed as self-harm; when confessors have been trained in basic counselling wisdom, and when the sacrament of reconciliation has been re-explained as the renewal of relationship wi
“How close this is, to the responses for the Synod.” It would appear from what we now know that it is close.
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Two aspects of the piece are striking. Firstly there is the sheer lack of personal
#7 'Time to move on' - the refrain heard by survivors from the earliest days - always for the convenience of others. Do you know any survivors, 'Shaun' - or have you set out to get your head fully a
I regard 'adequately evangelised' to mean that one has a sufficiency of faith meaning personal commitment to the following of Jesus Christ. Doctrinal and moral values should always be coloured by thi
This is all so old. I think it is time to move on. There will only come healing when those who are wounded trust the Lord to heal them, to trust in Him and His goodness and a new day. To dig over old
I have read Fr. Bradley's article and I have to say I found it a very reasonable analysis though it doesn't really help me dispel my sense of unease which began when I first became aware of the Judge
This profession is unlike any other. A childhood friend of mine (both of us are victims of abuse by the same priest) became quite vocal about the way a certain priest interacted with the young boys w
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