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  • Spotlight

    February 8 2016
    Joe O'Leary

    I think that the terrible crimes committed against young people have brought in their wake some injustices against priests, so to that extent I am in sympathy with Pádraig's efforts. Disproportionate

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  • Rejoice in difference, Struggle against Division

    March 1 2016
    Sandra Mc Sheaffrey

    Thanks to Seamus for once more putting his head above the parapet. I am sure he will recognise the lessons in this extract from the VELVETEEN RABBIT by Margery Williams (this starts at the point when

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  • Spotlight

    February 8 2016
    Sean O'Conaill

    It baffles me that Padraig McCarthy could have so totally missed what was for me the primary focus of the movie. This was the Boston Catholic ethic that taught lay people in a whole range of occupati

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  • Spotlight

    February 8 2016
    Anne

    Paddy Ferry @ 5 I get it Paddy because I learned the hard way. One of my daughters who is now deceased was assaulted by a gang of youths when she was a teenager twenty years ago. The crime committed

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  • Rejoice in difference, Struggle against Division

    March 1 2016
    Eddie Finnegan

    We can be more grateful than ever, and doubly grateful, to Seamus Ahearne for writing these two letters to Charles Brown and for sharing them, speaking for the ACP, on this site. Seamus has written be

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  • Rejoice in difference, Struggle against Division

    March 1 2016
    Willie Herlihy

    Thank you, Seamus for sharing your letters; Charles Brown can never be part of the solution, to the problems in our Church,because he is part of the problem. During the controversy over Tony Flannery

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  • The Ballot Be Yours

    January 31 2016
    Sean O'Conaill

    #14 - "Ireland has relied too much on the church and that has meant on the clergy for moral and civic guidance, at the expense of the due autonomy of adult moral and civic conscience." Please refer me

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  • Spotlight

    February 8 2016
    Kevin Walters

    Paddy Ferry @5 Thank you Paddy for your response, I have not seen the film I will probably purchase the CD when it comes out next month. I tried to go back to my comments and those made by your self

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  • Spotlight

    February 8 2016
    Ben Flood

    I've just read Padriag McCarthys response to the film. I am disappointed that he talks about the Church's response as being rooted in the societal norms at the time. It seems clear to me from this fil

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  • Spotlight

    February 8 2016
    Paddy Ferry

    Kevin, thank you for the link to the NCR article by Fr. Peter Daly. Near the end of his piece, Fr. Daly simply says " many people have still not gotten the message". This reminded me of what Anne said

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