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  • Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession

    July 15 2011
    Joe O'Leary

    I find the Cloyne report totally unreadable and it is odd that the only concrete alleged "wrongdoing" is that the bishop hugged an 18 yo. I am pretty sure that those who are spouting such rage and ven

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  • Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession

    July 15 2011
    catholicnewsbot

    David Quinn: Where is the media frenzy when the State fails children? http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/david-quinn-where-is-the-media-frenzy-when-the-state-fails-children-2822335.html

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  • Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession

    July 15 2011
    Rory Connor

    Andrew I don't think you are being alarmist but I doubt that "sadly we only have ourselves to blame". For several years now the Gardai have been investigating claims of child abuse in the Cloyne Dioc

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  • The Cloyne Report: Tony Flannery

    July 14 2011
    Rory Connor

    I am wondering what precisely all the fuss is about? For several years now the Gardai have been investigating claims of child abuse in the Cloyne Diocese and the following is the result: An allegation

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  • Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession

    July 15 2011
    Andrew Harper

    I do not want to sound extreme or alarmist but surely this is how the persecution of the jewish people started. The nazis were operating in a climate of economic uncertainty and germany was at a low e

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  • The Cloyne Report: Tony Flannery

    July 14 2011
    Gerard Flynn

    Perhaps one of the positive outcomes of the Cloyne report will be that Catholics in Ireland and elsewhere will review the relationship between the leadership of the church in Ireland and the Holy See.

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  • The Cloyne Report: Tony Flannery

    July 14 2011
    David Walsh

    It grieves me to see what my home town, Cobh, is afflicted with. I remember with affection Bishop Roche and my friend Dr. Ronan, as bishops secretary and scout chaplain. But that was a long time ago.

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  • The Cloyne Report: Tony Flannery

    July 14 2011
    Joe O'Leary

    Many bishops hand the poisoned chalice of dealing with abuse allegations to their chancellors or secretaries. Hard to blame them. Everyone knows that Denis O'Callaghan is a good and humane man. Rememb

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  • Observations on new English translation

    July 9 2011
    Joseph O'Leary

    Yes indeed, Soline, it's been in my mind since day 1. I do look forward, with wicked schadenfreude, to Nov 27 when the emperor struts naked before millions of Catholics worldwide. The perpetrators hav

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  • Observations on new English translation

    July 9 2011
    Soline Humbert

    The more I read and reflect on the New English translations, the more the story of the Emperor's New Clothes comes to mind!

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