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September 2006 ArchivesTo blame for child abuse Saturday September 30th 2006 Under the title 'Magdalene Nuns are not the Villains' (Letters, September 23) Florence Horsman Hogan plainly puts the blame for the terrible institutional and religious sexual andphysical abuse of the less fortunate in Ireland on... GUARDIAN APOLOGY TO BISHOPS FOR PAEDOPHILE RING CLAIM [1994] Rory Connor wrote: Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:32:54 +0100 (BST) From: Rory Connor Subject: GUARDIAN APOLOGY TO BISHOPS FOR PAEDOPHILE RING CLAIM [1994] To: Professor Vincent Comerford , Ronan Fanning , "Dr. Colum Kenny" , Daire Keogh ,... A young life in care By Derek Leinster. Derek Leinster, who lived in Northamptonshire for several years before moving to Rugby, says the world should know what unwanted children like him went through while they were in the "care" of the Church of Ireland.... APOLOGY TO BISHOP OF CLOYNE JOHN MAGEE BY TV3 [1999]Rory Connor wrote: Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:10:06 +0100 (BST) From: Rory Connor Subject: APOLOGY TO BISHOP OF CLOYNE JOHN MAGEE BY TV3 [1999] To: Professor Vincent Comerford , Ronan Fanning , "Dr. Colum Kenny" , Daire Keogh ,... In Reply to FLORENCE HORSMAN HOGAN Saturday September 23rd 2006 .In Reply to FLORENCE HORSMAN HOGAN Saturday September 23rd 2006 . Some of the people that were sent to the Madgalen Laundries and Mental Institutions, were people that had been sentenced and charged, through the Courts to Irish Industrials Schools,... ARCHBISHOP MCQUAID - BY ONE WHO KNEW HIM AS A BOY Rory Connor wrote: Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:42:03 +0100 (BST) From: Rory Connor Subject: ARCHBISHOP MCQUAID - BY ONE WHO KNEW HIM AS A BOY To: Professor Vincent Comerford , Ronan Fanning , "Dr. Colum Kenny" , Daire... To: Ireland AM You had Michael Sheridan on Ireland AM recently to defend the book "Kathy's Story" which he co-authored with Kathy O'Beirne. He claimed that her brothers and sisters are only denying her stories of abuse because they are in dispute... Investigation Commission The Bill will remove the obligation on the Commission?s Investigation Committee to hold a full hearing into each and every allegation of abuse referred to it, as the Committee considers this is unnecessary for the purposes of its inquiry... Support for author accused of lying Support for author accused of lying ? Laundry survivors to make statement ? Brother backs writer's allegations Henry McDonald, Ireland editor Sunday September 24, 2006 The Observer The author accused of making up her best-selling memoir of abuse in... Kathy?s co-writer admits a lack of factsHermann Kelly THE ghostwriter of Kathy?s Story, the bestselling memoir of childhood sexual abuse, has admitted there is no documentary evidence Kathy O?Beirne was ever in a Magdalen laundry or had a baby. Michael Sheridan?s admission will further damage the... Story of rape and brutal childhood is 'truthful' Author accused of literary fraud says: 'I am not a liar. And I am not running any more' ? Story of rape and brutal childhood is 'truthful' ? Dispute with siblings follows property battle Esther Addley Saturday September 23,... Magdalene nuns are not the villains Saturday September 23rd 2006 In 'Plight of the Magdalene girls' (Letters, September 20) the writer asks "who gave the religious the right to imprison these women, and send them on to religious institutions?" and also, "they were never taken... Statement from the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity.Issued 19 September 2006 On the 21st April 2005 our solicitors wrote to Mr Michael Sheridan based on articles he had written linking Kathy O?Beirne to our laundries and Magdalene Homes. A copy of this letter was also sent to... Family of author dispute accounts of father?s abuseBy Se?n McC?rthaigh THE family of a Dublin woman, whose autobiography is a best-seller in Ireland and Britain, yesterday publicly disputed allegations in the book that the author was beaten and abused by her father. Five brothers and two sisters... 'Magdalen' author challenged Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent 20/09/2006 The Sisters of Charity and the family of a woman who alleged in a bestselling book that she was sexually abused during years in a Magdalen laundry have vigorously challenged her claims. Dubliner... Family rejects author's 'lies' Wednesday September 20th 2006 Bestselling tale of abuse totally untrue, claim angry brothers and sisters THE family of an Irish woman who wrote a bestselling book claiming she was physically and sexually abused in a Catholic institution yesterday publicly... CHORUS OF DOUBTS ON CHILDHOOD IN HELL The Australian, 20 September 2006 DUBLIN: It is a harrowing story of a young woman's life destroyed by nuns and priests, and it has raced to the top of the bestseller list. But now a chorus of voices, including... AUTHOR'S FAMILY SAY ABUSE MEMOIR IS CRUEL HOAXAUTHOR'S FAMILY SAY ABUSE MEMOIR IS CRUEL HOAX The Times (UK) 19 September 2006 By David Sharrock Doubt has been cast on the "childhood hell" in a Catholic institution recalled by an Irish author. IT IS a harrowing story of... AUTHOR IS ACCUSED OF INVENTING HARROWING STORY OF CHILDHOOD TORTURE AND RAPEAUTHOR IS ACCUSED OF INVENTING HARROWING STORY OF CHILDHOOD TORTURE AND RAPE by Tom Peterkin, Ireland Correspondent (Daily Telegraph) (Filed: 19/09/2006) An author whose memoirs recount a harrowing childhood of torture and rape while working in a Roman Catholic religious... Author's family to dispute her claims publiclyTuesday September 19th 2006 IF you were a writer, you might just say that the plot had thickened. The family of best-selling author Kathy O'Beirne, whose harrowing tale on rape and torture as a survivor of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries, is... Diocesan director quits priesthoodTuesday September 19th 2006 THE Kerry diocesan director of communications has announced his intention to leave the priesthood. Fr Rory O'Sullivan (38), who worked closely with Bishop of Kerry Dr Bill Murphy for seven years, told priests it would be... Kathys books - Let's look at the factsReguarding all that i have read and heard, about Kathys books, yes i have got both her books. We seem to be over looking one or two things. Lets look at the facts, Not all the women that were in... Abuse probe grinds to haltMonday September 18th 2006 No charges to be brought by gardai against senior Church figures A FOUR-year garda inquiry into allegations that the Catholic Church covered up child sex abuse in Ireland's largest diocese has failed to produce sufficient evidence... Why diocesan priest sex inquiry is certain to provoke another outcry Monday September 18th 2006 What hopes are there that a judicial probe, with an 18-month limit, can uncover the true scale of abuse in Ireland's largest Catholic diocese? Dearbhail McDonald and John Cooney report WHEN Marie Collins was interviewed... Kathy's family says her story of abuse is fiction Hermann Kelly THE family of a woman who has written a bestselling memoir about her childhood of torture and rape will hold a press conference in Dublin on Tuesday to deny many of the claims made in the book.... DOCTOR NOEL BROWNE AND THE BISHOPSLadies Gentlemen etc I hope this will be published on the website www.alliancesupport.org also. Regards Rory Connor The following is an extract from a review of Noel Browne's biography "Against The Tide" by James Kavanagh, then Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin.... NOEL BROWNE, SEAN MacBRIDE AND THE BISHOPSSean MacBride memoir knocks Noel Browne health halo askew Sunday Independent, 18 September 2005 by Liam Collins LEFT-wing health hero Noel Browne will be portrayed in a new book as a destructive, inefficient, irresponsible and childish politician who was bent... PAEDOPHILE ON 'LATE LATE SHOW' PAEDOPHILE ON 'LATE LATE SHOW' Madam, - I find it quite baffling that Colm O'Gorman should take umbrage at the so-called "celebrity paedophile" who appeared on The Late Late Show last Friday on the grounds that he cites (The... Nuns set to sue author over her bestseller claim of abuse 'hell' Wednesday September 13th 2006 AN order of nuns embroiled in a dispute over a bestselling biography detailing harrowing abuse in a Magdalen laundry is on a legal collision course with its author. The Sisters of Our Lady of Charity,... Statement from The Sisters of our Lady of CharityStatement from The Sisters of our Lady of Charity to the Sunday Mirror 10 August 2006 The Sisters of our Lady of Charity wish to emphatically and categorically state that Kathy O Beirne never spent any time in our laundries... Child abuse scandal victim to sue A woman who claims that her childhood was destroyed by social workers who removed her from her family during the Orkney child abuse scandal is to sue the council for ?100,000 damages. May Willsher, now 24, was 7 when... What next for Christianity in Ireland? 11/09/2006 Rite and Reason: Is Christianity in Ireland slowly dwindling away or is it moving into recovery mode after a few bad years? asks Hilary Wakeman What is going on in the churches in Ireland? What is happening in... Late Late Show interview with paedophile was risk worth taking Monday September 11th 2006 ON Friday last, RTE, the Late Late Show, and presenter Pat Kenny, took a risk. They had, as their second to last guest, convicted and self-proclaimed paedophile Jake Goldenflame. RTE had not publicised the precise... Fury and outrage over 'Late Late' paedophile interviewMonday September 11th 2006 A CONTROVERSIAL interview on the Late Late Show with a convicted paedophile has generated a flood of complaints and outraged both the ISPCC and the abuse support group One in Four. One in Four is to... Bishop must speak upMonday September 11th 2006 The response of the Bishop of Cork and Ross, Most Reverend Dr John Buckley (Irish Independent, September 7) to the decree issued by the Vatican Congregation of the Clergy on August 18 does not deal with... DOCTOR NOEL BROWNE AND HIS ENEMIESMichael D. Higgins TD Deputy for Galway West Dail Eireann Dear Deputy Higgins, I am sending this to yourself as well because I know that it is relevant to you - both in relation to the late Doctor Noel Browne... Say what you like about solicitors ? and get sued Comment: Liam Fay Scumbag, corrupt, conman: just some of the colourful terms used recently to describe Irish solicitors, much to the hurt and fury of the legal community. So affronted are some lawyers, in fact, that they?ve decided to... RTE pays out for expenses of sex abuserSunday September 10th 2006 LARA BRADLEY RTE paid for return flights from America and upmarket hotel accommodation in Dublin for the Late Late Show appearance of a convicted child abuser and paedophile. But the station last night refused to give... One accusation from branded child abuserSunday September 10th 2006 Sir - Being a person falsely accused of incest and eventually being cleared of any wrongdoing by the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Medical Council and not by Child Protection Services (social workers), I ask... Letter to Western PeopleJOHN COONEY'S HOUSE OF CORRECTION Letter to Western People Wednesday, August 09, 2006 SIR - Your correspondent John Cooney?s ever poisonous pen in relation to anything to do with the Church, and, in particular, in his recent article in your... Editor The TabletEditor The Tablet I understand that John Cooney is your Irish correspondent. This appeared on the website of "Alliance Support" a group that supports genuine victims of child abuse in Ireland. However they do'nt like liars who discredit their cause.... Vatican knew of priest's history Patsy McGarry and Barry Roche 09/09/2006 The Vatican had full knowledge of Cork priest Fr James Davern's history before arriving at its decree that the decision by his bishop, Dr John Buckley, to remove him from ministry was "null... Solicitor guilty of overcharging child abuse victimBy Se?n McC?rthaigh THE first solicitor to be found guilty of overcharging child abuse victims for cases brought before the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) has been censured and fined a total of ?5,000. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has found... RTE shocks in first interview with paedophile on Late Late Friday September 8th 2006 RTE is set to court controversy this evening when it will broadcast the first Irish television interview with a convicted paedophile. The man, who served 10 years in prison in the United States for abusing... Bishop 'unlikely to win' if he challenges Rome ruling Friday September 8th 2006 BISHOP of Cork, John Buckley, has the right to appeal to the Vatican against its solemn decree that his removal of a priest from ministry three years ago was "null and void" in canon law.... Forgiveness for Dr CaseyFriday September 8th 2006 I frequently find myself at odds with David Quinn on some of his viewpoints. However, I must commend him for his very compassionate column on Bishop Eamon Casey, it should be required reading for all the... Solicitor fined over double billl Thursday September 7th 2006 A SOLICITOR who double-charged an abuse survivor has been formally sanctioned by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT). Michael JP Buggy, a solicitor practising in Kilkenny, is the first solicitor to be publicly censured following the... Bishop rejects claim he did not address report of abuse Barry Roche, Southern Correspondent 07/09/2006 The Bishop of Cork and Ross, Dr John Buckley, yesterday strongly rejected claims by a priest of his diocese that he had failed to deal properly with a report by the priest concerning child... Ex-priest faces charges of indecent assault Ex-priest faces charges of indecent assault 05/09/2006 A former priest in the Diocese of Ferns, James Doyle, appeared at Wexford District Court yesterday charged with 35 counts of indecent assault. Fr Doyle (56), with addresses in Clonard, Wexford and... Abuse victims wait two years for therapyBy Stephen Rogers VICTIMS of sexual abuse are being forced to wait up to two years for counselling because of a shortage of funding. In the lasy six years, more than 11,000 people have been referred to the National Counselling... Lady, Gentlemen and Scholars, I said that the second half of 1999 was the time when this country succumbed completely to child abuse hysteria and I gave a number of examples - including allegations of child killing by the Christian Brothers at times... LOUIS LENTIN and CHRISTINE BUCKLEY; RTE AND TV3Louis Lentin's documentary "Dear Daughter" broadcast by RTE in February 1996 was a predecessor to Mary Raftery's "States of Fear" series in April/May 1999. It focused on Christine Buckley and her allegations against the Sisters of Mercy in Goldenbridge Orphanage.... Victims see their trust fund spent on salsaJohn Burns IT was set up by the church to help victims of abuse in industrial schools improve their education. But three years later it has emerged that less than one in three beneficiaries of a ?12.7m trust fund has... Cardinal sin.We have recently learnt on the11th August 2006 that the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, Cardinal Wilfred Napier, offered to pay for psychological therapy for a woman allegedly raped by a Catholic priest when she was a... Victim 'glad' as church pervert jailedSaturday September 2nd 2006 A 72-YEAR old former church elder was last night starting a 12-month prison sentence for indecently assaulting a youngster over a decade ago. Downpatrick Crown Court, sitting at Belfast, was told that Benjamin Fisher - a... Bishop Casey was unfairly named in abuse allegations Friday September 1st 2006 THE return of the native is complete at last. In a sense, of course, the native in question, Bishop Eamonn Casey, returned finally to his home soil in February. But he came back under a... |