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April 2007 Archives

Cheating abuse victims

Thu, Apr 26, 2007 Ron McCartan broke down and cried in Court Number 4 at the Four Courts in Dublin last Tuesday as his family gathered around to comfort him. It had been a seven-year battle, but was a...
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Choirmaster jailed for abusing boys

Choirmaster jailed for abusing boys Ex-choirmaster Peter Halliday has been jailed for abusing boysA choirmaster who was able to serve as a school governor despite being accused of child abuse has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Peter Halliday, 61,...
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Background -Act of infamy ? the Nora Wall story

Background On July 23 1999, Nora Wall, a nun, was sentenced to life imprisonment for 'gang rape'. During the seven-day trial, the court heard evidence from 21 year old Regina Walsh, a former resident in a home under Nora...
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Act of infamy - the Nora Wall story.

?There are two ways to approach life - as a victim or as a gallant fighter.? The words are those of Nora Wall, an Irish nun falsely accused and jailed for life for ?gang rape? in 1999, released after...
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Former provincial of Oblates and reformatory manager

Former provincial of Oblates and reformatory manager Fr William McGonagle: Fr William McGonagle, who has died aged 86, was former provincial of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Ireland, Britain and Brazil. He was also a former resident manager of...
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Derek Leinster is a survivor.

Derek Leinster is a survivor. Hannah's Shame is the inspirational story of one boy's Irish childhood spent in poverty because of the neglect of the Church of Ireland, of his lifelong search for who he is and of his...
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THE SCANDAL THAT HAS NO NAME

STATEMENT BY CATHOLIC LEAGUE (USA) - April 12, 2007 Yesterday, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released the 2006 report on clergy sex abuse. Addressing this issue is Catholic League president Bill Donohue: ?Rachel Zoll of Associated...
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DEATH CAME FOR THE ARCHBISHOP

The following is a very interesting commentary on the life of John Charles McQuaid which was published the year before John Cooney's "biography". There is, of course, not the slightest hint of any sex scandal but it is curious...
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?Barnardos Origins Service?

My wife Mary (pictured) with host Kate Adie May we refer to the newsletter ?Barnardos Origins Service? in relation to the current level agreement between Barnardos and the Department of Education and Science dated 17th April 2007? Despite the...
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HAVING IT BOTH WAYS WITH CHURCH

HAVING IT BOTH WAYS WITH CHURCH Madam, - John T Kavanagh (April 12th) writes that I have "decided that certain people should not be given a church funeral service". On the contrary, neither I nor any priest will take...
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Barnardos Origins Service

NEWSLETTER Barnardos Origins Service The current service level agreement between Barnardos and the Department of Education and Science (DES) which was due to expire on 30th June 2007 has now been extended to December 2008. The service is fully...
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MARY RAFTERY AND LIABILITY OF SCHOOL BOARDS

MARY RAFTERY AND LIABILITY OF SCHOOL BOARDS [ See the following article by Mary Raftery in the Irish Times on 5 April and the responses from the Catholic Communications Office on 7 April and the Minister for Education on 14...
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Church joins race for rezoned land at bishop's residence

Tuesday April 17th 2007 THE Catholic Church has joined the scramble to profit from new land designations in the Ennis area after a review of the local development plan. Millions of euro could be earned if shops and other...
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Rory Connor should admit he has got things wrong.

May we refer to the article ?A REDRESS BOARD FOR DAY SCHOOLS? by Rory Connor dated 15th April 2007. Rory Connor should admit he has got things wrong. He?s not always right and we know it. Even the Pope attempts...
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Paedophile priest is 'ticking time-bomb'

Monday April 16th 2007 PARENTS living in a residential area learned that paedophile priest Oliver O'Grady (pictured right) was living in their midst only when he was spotted in a local shop enquiring about children's coloured papers. They are...
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Top court to probe jailing of innocent children

Monday April 16th 2007 THE practice of jailing children who have not committed any crimes because they have nowhere else to go is to be investigated by the High Court. The High Court review, involving the plight of a...
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A REDRESS BOARD FOR DAY SCHOOLS?

This is a proposal by a Fine Gael candidate in Meath to have a Redress Board to deal with allegations of child abuse in ordinary schools. The standard of proof at the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) is next...
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Discovery of Documents.

It?s quite clear that the Minister for Education & Science Ms. Ms. Mary Hanafin T.D. is still shunning her responsibilities and behaves as if her whole world exists on the edge of a rocky cliff. One wrong move or...
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Defrocked priest gets Asbo barring him from disrupting marathon

Saturday April 14th 2007 CORNELIUS Horan, the defrocked priest who invaded the Athens Olympics marathon, was given an Asbo yesterday banning him from this year's London Marathon. Horan, dressed in his trademark mini orange kilt, green waistcoat and socks, agreed...
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CONDOMS AND SEXUAL DISEASES

Irish Times, Letters, 29 March 2007 Madam, For 30 years I have worked as a GP in a society where the number of teenage pregnancies, the number of sexually transmitted diseases and the number of single mothers have increased...
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?Hanafin among 20 politicians holding on to teaching jobs?

Mary Hanafin T.D. May we refer to the article ?Hanafin among 20 politicians holding on to teaching jobs? by Fionnan Sheahan in the Irish Independent dated 10th April 2007. Despite several recent RTE interviews and several recent newspaper articles...
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Taoiseach's Adviser Mansergh Attacks New McQuaid book

SUPPORTER: Mansergh Sunday Independent, 14 November 1999 by Kevin Moore MARTIN Mansergh, special adviser to the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has attacked the biography of the late Archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid, according to the current issue of the...
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NOEL BROWNE'S WIDOW BACKS MCQUAID ABUSE CLAIM

Phyllis Browne:Accuser was a man of integrity Ladies and Gentlemen, I see from the attached article about John Cooney's biography of John Charles McQuaid that Mr. Cooney called on the Child Abuse Commission to investigate his allegations against the...
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MY HOUR ALONE WITH JOHN CHARLES MCQUAID

MY HOUR ALONE WITH JOHN CHARLES MCQUAID - by COLUM KENNY Sunday Independent, 14 November 1999 [This is a remarkable review of John Cooney's scurrilous biography of John Charles McQuaid. To gain an insight into just how remarkable, imagine the...
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Church condemns bookie's plan as 'reprehensible'

Ronan McGreevy Fri, Apr 06, 2007 The Catholic Church has said a plan by the country's largest bookmaker to take bets on a televised Easter Sunday sermon is "reprehensible". Paddy Power bookmakers is offering odds on the length, the...
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Paedophiles face year-long wait for treatment

06 April 2007 By Conor Ryan PAEDOPHILES have to wait for a year to be assessed with rising costs preventing many from getting the treatment they need. Treatment costs at the Granada Institute in Dublin, the State?s only dedicated...
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HAVING IT BOTH WAYS WITH CHURCH

HAVING IT BOTH WAYS WITH CHURCH Madam, - Patsy McGarry (Opinion & Analysis, March 28th) writes: "It is to be hoped the Catholic Church will conduct funerals for those who have lost faith with the same warmth and generosity shown...
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PRACTISING WHAT YOU PREACH

Madam, - Patsy McGarry's article "Churches should practise what they preach" (Opinion, March 31st) shows him to be a classic example of the "intolerant liberal" increasingly common in recent years: individuals who almost seem to want to shoot anyone...
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Priest charged with sex attack

Priest charged with sex attack Wednesday April 4th 2007 AN 83-year-old priest was sent for trial yesterday on charges of indecently assaulting a young girl 30 years ago. The Tipperary-based cleric, who cannot be named, is charged with three...
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THE SCHOOL AROUND THE CORNER - AFTER PADDY CROSBIE

[Paddy Crosbie retired in 1978 having spent 44 years teaching in "The School Around The Corner" - St Paul's Christian Brothers School in North Brunswick St. Dublin. He died in 1982. The following is an extract from a Dail...
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Responsibility in the schools

Monday April 2nd 2007 I am writing to express my concern regarding the Government's assertion that the State has no responsibility whatsoever for the victims of sexual abuse in our country's schools, as depicted by the RTE Prime Time programme...
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