#12 What's moral leadership then, Joe? Something we can't expect from clergy and so must leave to infuriated parents - even though no Irish parent had as much knowledge of the scale of dangers posed t
Up to recently, as far as I can gather, the universal policy re pedophile offences would have been to hush them up. The offender would have been given a stern warning: think of the scenes where Pearse
#7 #10 The Murphy Report did NOT say that Dublin administrators knew EVERYTHING about clerical child abuse from the beginning. It said that from an early stage they knew enough to be capable of very d
Our understanding of the host of issues now lumped under the rubric of "child abuse" is indeed developing. What today would be abhorred as physical cruelty was accepted and popular in the 1960s and 17
I can find no way to prevent continuing misinterpretations of my comments above.
It seems best to leave aside any further discussion of my remarks which were intended to provide some background to Tim
So, Padraig, here we go again. I never cease to be completely baffled by your "learning curve" excuse. How can you possibly contend that mature, even reasonably intelligent adults could not discern
#5 Sean O'~Conaill:
1: The learning curve does not exonerate. It places the actions of the time in the context of the time. To deny that there was, and is, a learning curve is to deny historical fact.
In countenancing anonymous accusations the bishops have brought on themselves a deluge of such allegations from poisonous bloggers. Happily the abuse of minors has not been a theme. Rather the frenzy
#4 I was referring, quite obviously, to your 3rd and 4th paragraphs in #1 - the reprised 'learning curve' exoneration of those Dublin diocesan administrators criticised in the Murphy Report.
Why exact
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September 8 2016#12 What's moral leadership then, Joe? Something we can't expect from clergy and so must leave to infuriated parents - even though no Irish parent had as much knowledge of the scale of dangers posed t
Church Collusion in Calumny
September 8 2016Up to recently, as far as I can gather, the universal policy re pedophile offences would have been to hush them up. The offender would have been given a stern warning: think of the scenes where Pearse
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September 13 2016The reflections for today is informative, and inspiring. In few sentences, the core idea is given. Thanks and God bless
Church Collusion in Calumny
September 8 2016#7 #10 The Murphy Report did NOT say that Dublin administrators knew EVERYTHING about clerical child abuse from the beginning. It said that from an early stage they knew enough to be capable of very d
Church Collusion in Calumny
September 8 2016Our understanding of the host of issues now lumped under the rubric of "child abuse" is indeed developing. What today would be abhorred as physical cruelty was accepted and popular in the 1960s and 17
Church Collusion in Calumny
September 8 2016I can find no way to prevent continuing misinterpretations of my comments above. It seems best to leave aside any further discussion of my remarks which were intended to provide some background to Tim
Church Collusion in Calumny
September 8 2016So, Padraig, here we go again. I never cease to be completely baffled by your "learning curve" excuse. How can you possibly contend that mature, even reasonably intelligent adults could not discern
Church Collusion in Calumny
September 8 2016#5 Sean O'~Conaill: 1: The learning curve does not exonerate. It places the actions of the time in the context of the time. To deny that there was, and is, a learning curve is to deny historical fact.
Church Collusion in Calumny
September 8 2016In countenancing anonymous accusations the bishops have brought on themselves a deluge of such allegations from poisonous bloggers. Happily the abuse of minors has not been a theme. Rather the frenzy
Church Collusion in Calumny
September 8 2016#4 I was referring, quite obviously, to your 3rd and 4th paragraphs in #1 - the reprised 'learning curve' exoneration of those Dublin diocesan administrators criticised in the Murphy Report. Why exact
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