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December 2004 ArchivesGUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT Extracts from article by Nuala O'Loan in The Furrow magazine October 1999 [Today Nuala O'Loan is the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. In October 1999 she was a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Ulster. Over 5... Police on standby as row with Church over burial place erupts Teresa O'Connor with her children Roisin, Edel, Fiona, Patrick and Vincent and her husband's brothers Liam and Kevin outside Mulleek Cemetery. Picture: Pat Reilly Wednesday December 29th 2004... Bishop Comiskey's successor delay Tuesday December 28th 2004 THE Catholic Church in the Diocese of Ferns will not appoint a successor to Dr Brendan Comiskey, who resigned more than two years ago over his handling of clerical sex abuse, until the Ferns Non-Statutory... Archbishop prays for victims of child abuse Olivia Kelly 27/12/2004 The Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, has urged Catholics to remember in their prayers this Christmas the victims of child abuse who have been "robbed of their innocence". In his Christmas homily, Dr Martin prayed... HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR Church needs ?50m over next 10 years for sex abuse victims Church needs ?50m over next 10 years for sex abuse victims Friday December 24th 2004 THE Catholic hierarchy will have to find up to ?50m over the next 10 years to compensate sex abuse victims, pay for their counselling... Retired doctor to face 212 indecent assault charges Dr James Barry at Cork District Court where he was charged with 212 charges of sexual assault and indecent assault. Picture: Ted McCarthy, Provision Thursday December 23rd 2004 AN ELDERLY doctor will face trial next year on 212 charges... Porn man jailed and banned from ever owning camera Wednesday December 22nd 2004 A MAN was banned from owning a computer and a camera for life yesterday after he admitted more offences of possessing child porn. Dubliner Anthony Luckwill (31) was banned by a Welsh court after the... Diocese paid ??m to just two victims of sex abuseAnother View of the same payment Wednesday December 22nd 2004 TWO victims of clerical sex abuse were paid ?265,000 in compensation by the Catholic diocese of Killaloe last year, it has been revealed. The payouts, which average ?132,500 each, compare... Diocese paid ?265,000 to abuse victims Gordon Deegan 22/12/2004 The Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, confirmed yesterday that the diocese paid out ?265,000 in compensation last year arising from the past sexual abuse of children by priests. The payment to two victims appeared in... Child-abuser loses appeal against four life sentences 22/12/2004 A man who made three young girls take polaroid pictures of themselves as he sexually abused them has lost his appeal against four life sentences imposed on him when he appeared before the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday.... Solicitor found not guilty of child porn charge Tuesday December 21st 2004 A SOLICITOR accused of possessing child pornography has been found not guilty by a judge's direction. Sean Foley (38), of Percy Place, Dublin 2, had pleaded not guilty to knowingly having child pornography contained in... Church agreement on child abuse guidelines Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent 21/12/2004 The Catholic Church in Ireland has moved a step closer towards having in place guidelines on child-protection policy. At a meeting yesterday its representatives agreed that professional directors of child protection, rather than... Disabled man's removal from Mass annoys locals Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent 21/12/2004 The removal of an intellectually disabled man from Mass last Sunday, at the request of the priest who stopped the service, has caused considerable annoyance in Kilkenny. Father Dominic Browne told The Irish... No Replies to our LettersMr. Michael McDowell,T.D., Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 94 St, Stephen?s Green, Dublin 2. 29 September 2004 Dear Sir, Reference: A. Your letter dated 6th September 2004. The Committee are disappointed that you are unable to meet with... Steady numbers being ordained, 'despite myths' Padraig Corcoran is ordained to the priesthood yesterday by Most Reverend Michael Smith, Bishop of Meath, at Mullingar Cathedral. Pictures: James Flynn/APX Monday December 20th 2004 THE ordination of a 25-year-old priest yesterday... Court clears priest of assaulting girl Saturday December 18th 2004 AN elderly priest was yesterday found not guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl four years ago. Father Chris Conroy, of Rocky Road, Wicklow, had denied the sexual assault charges. After deliberating... Cardinal admits he provoked anger in abuse row Saturday December 18th 2004 THE former Archbishop of Dublin, Cardinal Desmond Connell, has acknowledged that his retirement helped the Church in Ireland because he had become the main "lightning rod" for public anger over the clerical sex abuse issue.... Pope removes priest in Kerry diocese Anne Lucey 18/12/2004 A priest in the Diocese of Kerry has been removed from the clerical state by Pope John Paul 11, a spokesman for the diocese confirmed yesterday. The priest, who has been the subject of an allegation... We must all answer to those we representDear Sir or Madam, I have been in touch with Mick Waters of "SOCA-UK" over the past month requesting some direct answers to questions about the origins of the organisation he now calls SOCA - UK. In July this year... Church 'concerned' with RTE THE Church of Ireland has expressed reservations about RTE relegating religion to a sub-category of 'diversity' in its broadcasting policy, but has said that in general it is happy with how the station covers religious topics. The comments from... Pope sacks priests Pope sacks priests Pope John Paul blessing pilgrims yesterday during his weekly general audience at the Vatican. The Pontiff himself signed the decree dismissing the two Ferns priests. Thursday December 16th 2004 No appeal: Vatican orders dismissal of two... Sister Kathleen is one-in-a-100m . . . thanks to divine intervention Wednesday December 15th 2004 SISTER Kathleen Murphy is in the money - but she won't be keeping it. The 50-year-old nun from Co Galway has won ?100,000 for being Ryanair's 100 millionth passenger. But she has no doubt what... Call for Catholic values in media Patsy McGarry 14/12/2004 The Catholic Primate, Archbishop Se?n Brady, has said Catholics working in the media had "a right, and a duty" to ensure Catholic values were fairly represented. "The work of communication, 'the truth of the human person'... Judges need to explain why sentence fits the crime 13/12/2004 We need to improve public confidence in a decision-making process that too often appears shadowy and erratic, writes Ian O'Donnell. Tonight Prime Time investigates sentencing. Given the level of public concern about sentences that appear excessively lenient, or... It was the Irish Son wot did it, wails Kerry Sunday December 12th 2004 IT HAS to be said that researching an article on Brian McFadden leaves you feeling remarkably cheapened and dirty. There appears to be literally nothing that that man will not do for publicity. After spending... Bishops attack RTE for tuning out religious TV Sunday December 12th 2004 JEROME REILLY THE CATHOLIC hierarchy has attacked RTE for sidelining religion in its schedules, with one bishop claiming it could cause "unquantifiable" damage to the way people perceive faith and worship. In unusually outspoken comments,... Paedophile priest abused kids in US Saturday December 11th 2004 A PAEDOPHILE priest who abused children in Clare in the 1970s and 1980s had previously abused children in Florida in the 1960s. Fr Tom McNamara, who died in 1997, abused children in the east Clare... Priests pay up for sex abuse victims Friday December 10th 2004 PRIESTS in the Ferns diocese have dipped into their own pockets to the tune of more than ?75,000 to set up a new trust fund aimed at helping out victims of clerical sex abuse. Serving... So many of us were from the Industrial SchoolsMadam, - It is worth sifting through the madness of Mark Steyn and the crassness of Kevin Myers to read an article like the one penned by Roisin Ingle in last Saturday's paper about the the "invisible" Irish in London.... Abuse redress board needs extra ?34m for awards Thursday December 9th 2004 THE Residential Institutions Redress Board is working faster than expected and needs an extra ?34m before the end of December to pay out compensation. The awards, averaging ?77,000, are paid to persons who, as children,... THE SEAL OF CONFESSION THE SEAL OF CONFESSION Madam, - With regard to Father Kevin McNamara's sincere conviction that "the seal of Confession is never broken" (The Irish Times, December 6th), I can testify that the seal of confession was indeed broken when... 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'Fair City' producers reject priest's criticism of storyline Alison Healy and Anne Lucey 06/12/2004 The producers of the Fair City TV soap have rejected criticism from the pulpit about a storyline involving clerical sex abuse. The storyline revolves around an ex-priest, played by T.P. McKenna, who breaks... Blatant Inaccuracies Prejudicial to Christian BrothersLet Our Voices Emerge (L.O.V.E) challenge the accuracy of facts in recent media accounts of ?Hunger striker receives ?150,000 for abuse?. 1) Mr Tom Sweeney claimed his RIRB award was cut because he opted for a full hearing to tell... New Institutions By Order entitled the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 (Additional Institutions) Order 2004 dated November 9th 2004 the Minister for Education and Science amended the Schedule to the 2002 Redress Act by adding the following institutions: Bartres Childrens? Home,... The forgotten generation 04/12/2004 "It has been a very lonely life. I helped my family in Ireland when they needed it. I sent parcels and money when they had nothing, but it isn't remembered now or spoken about. It's like it never... Religious views have place in public arena, says Martin Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent 03/12/2004 The Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, has said "pluralist does not mean secular" where society is concerned. Delivering the RT? Michael Littleton Lecture 2004, in Dublin last night, he said "a pluralist... Remember abuse victims Sir - The litany of child abuse cases over the past number of years has been justifiably received with revulsion by all those who care for and about children. As a society we have been forced to wake up... MCFADDEN AND THE BROTHERS Madam, - In his recent single and in various media interviews, Mr Brian McFadden, formerly of the group Westlife, has said he was physically assaulted by a member of the Christian Brothers order, while a pupil at one of... |