The Irish Times has a useful summary of the allegations against individual priests. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0714/1224300713984.html
Msgr O'Callaghan behaved in a very Christi
Apart from the hysteria about Bishop Magee kissing a 17 and a half year old youth on the forehead, the following are also worthy of note - from an Irish Times article "The accused: What the report sa
The current climate has caused many people to speculate about the baleful influence of the Christian church on Ireland. Isn't it about time that we began to look at the relationship from the other end
Percy, you are applying a stereotype. I read the situation differently: the bishop, presumably gay, is well aware that the young man is straight, but wants to share a comforting hug with him, nothing
Máire: A priest cannot withhold absolution on the condition that the penitent turn himself in to law enforcement. The most the priest can do is encourage the penitent to do what is necessary to amend
Joe that is just what some of the TD's apparently want the priests to become - informers!! Derek Keating TD was on with George Hook saying that he thought all crimes revealed in the confessional shoul
Joe
Cough. Wow. You selectively misrepresent the Cloyne report on Magee, and I wonder why you feel a need to do so. You've taken a pretty benign view of sexual contact shy of intercourse in your comm
Can a priest give absolution in the sacrament of reconciliation to a confessed sexual abuser who refuses to accept responsibility and punishment for his crime(s) under the civil law? Shouldn't a conf
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Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011So if the priests do a good job of maintaining the seal of confession, who's going to find out?
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011The Irish Times has a useful summary of the allegations against individual priests. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0714/1224300713984.html Msgr O'Callaghan behaved in a very Christi
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011Apart from the hysteria about Bishop Magee kissing a 17 and a half year old youth on the forehead, the following are also worthy of note - from an Irish Times article "The accused: What the report sa
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011The current climate has caused many people to speculate about the baleful influence of the Christian church on Ireland. Isn't it about time that we began to look at the relationship from the other end
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011Percy, you are applying a stereotype. I read the situation differently: the bishop, presumably gay, is well aware that the young man is straight, but wants to share a comforting hug with him, nothing
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011Máire: A priest cannot withhold absolution on the condition that the penitent turn himself in to law enforcement. The most the priest can do is encourage the penitent to do what is necessary to amend
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011Joe that is just what some of the TD's apparently want the priests to become - informers!! Derek Keating TD was on with George Hook saying that he thought all crimes revealed in the confessional shoul
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011Joe Cough. Wow. You selectively misrepresent the Cloyne report on Magee, and I wonder why you feel a need to do so. You've taken a pretty benign view of sexual contact shy of intercourse in your comm
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011Can a priest give absolution in the sacrament of reconciliation to a confessed sexual abuser who refuses to accept responsibility and punishment for his crime(s) under the civil law? Shouldn't a conf
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011Correction, "the only concrete alleged wrongdoing that has grabbed public attention" is what I meant to say.
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