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
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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
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
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
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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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.
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011I 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
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011David 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
Brendan Hoban on the debate over the Seal of Confession
July 15 2011Andrew 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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