Joe O'Leary #47
"But the extrapolations from this to a vast cover-up conspiracy are exaggerated."
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The Murphy report does not speak anywhere of "a vast cover-up conspiracy" as far as I can see.
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Brendan Hoban is right. There are no green shoots in Cork and Ross, the one diocese I am familiar with, only priests ground down with no pastoral leadership and little support from the Church they ser
I just finished reading Fr Tony Flannery's most recent book 'A Question of Conscience'.
I would suggest that Ms O'Brien read it (tho' I suspect she won't). Her wishful, somewhat deluded, thinking is
The question, Sean, is how typical and long-lasting were the Marie Collins and "Fr Zozzo" scenarios. As often happened in families, accusations were met with instinctive "denial" at the early stages o
In addition to the questionaire being difficult for "ordinary Catholics" to answer, it is woefully incomplete. Families continue to exist after child bearing age and the whole question of aging on fa
In paragraph 2676 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on www.vatican.va, there is a full stop after 'Abraham' when there should be a comma. I have yet to check the printed version.
'the young have emigrated to another planet called the internet.'
I wonder did I inspire that comment? Nice to see you back on ACP Joe after our little meeting on Amazon! (Jesus of Nazareth ring any b
Joe @42.
'Certainly, but this was everyone's responsibility and they fobbed it off on the bishops or rather expected the Bishop's to handle it without bringing in the police at all'. By 'they' do you
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