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January 2008 ArchivesFormer brother gets two years for abuse Wed, Jan 30, 2008 A Circuit Court judge yesterday sentenced a former Marist brother to two years in prison for his "quite obscene" abuse of a Sligo schoolboy 35 years ago. Judge Anthony Kennedy referred to the fact that... DERMOT KEOGH ON SEX SCANDALS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH [ Dr Dermot Keogh is Professor of History at University College Cork and author of 'Twentieth Century Ireland'. It is clear that he does NOT accept the standard narrative regarding Ireland's child abuse scandal/witch-hunt. However he uses Aesopian language... BARRY DESMOND ON DR NOEL BROWNE AND THE "MOTHER AND CHILD SCHEME" Article by Liam Collins in Sunday Independent October 22 2000 THE beef tribunal report was ``poorly formulated'' and ``a sloppy piece of work'', Ireland's recently retired representative at the European Court of Auditors, Barry Desmond has said. ``I could... A TALE OF TWO CHILD KILLINGS Letter to Irish Times, 24 January 2008 Madam, On January 16th and 17th two stories dominated the news. Both involved the killing of children but, as far as I am aware, none of the media coverage made any links... 'THE DUBLINER', RICHARD DAWKINS AND MRS ELIN WOODS [ Some people are surprised when a "liberal" magazine like 'The Dubliner' publishes an obscene attack on the white wife of an African-American sports hero. Surely such attacks only come from the likes of the Ku Klux Klan? The... THE TOXIC WASTE CREATED BY OUR BROKEN SOCIETY by Bruce Anderson, UK Independent, 21 January 2008 [ This was actually written about the UK - after five youths raped a young girl and then poured acid over her to destroy DNA evidence. However something like it is... CLERICAL TERRORS - REVIEW OF "JOHN CHARLES McQUAID, RULER OF CATHOLIC IRELAND" by John Horgan, Irish Times, Saturday 20 November 1999 This is an important and powerful but also - at times - a seriously flawed book. It is important because it is the first full-length study of a prelate who... THE POET AND THE ARCHBISHOP Extracts from 'Patrick Kavanagh: A Biography' by Antoinette Quinn Apart from the launch of Nonplus, the other most exciting literary event in Dublin in October 1959 was the dispute over the forthcoming production of The Ginger Man at the... WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR PRIEST IS ACCUSED OF ABUSE This is a masterpiece from the the 'Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests' (SNAP) in the USA. According to their website they are "the nation's largest, oldest and most active support group for women and men wounded by... THE POET, THE ARCHBISHOP AND 'ON RAGLAN ROAD' An Ode to Unrequited Love from www.hoganstand.com Artists find inspiration for their work from many sources, personal experience, nature, tragic events, love, marriage, happiness, unhappiness, people and places but perhaps the one source that has inspired more artists than... Painful truth can not be dismissed Irish Independent Letters Saturday January 19 2008 Ms Horsman-Hogan, the foundress of LOVE, sinks to new lows with her gratuitous attack on journalist Bruce Arnold whilst simultaneously launching additional untruths about the industrial schools system (letters, January 10). It's... 'THE DUBLINER'S' APOLOGY TO MRS TIGER WOODS - (vs APOLOGIES BY THE SISTERS OF MERCY) Mr and Mrs Woods were determined to sue the magazine [ The obscene viciousness of 'The Dubliner' magazine article on Elin Nordegren Woods has something in common with media attacks on the religious orders and in particular on Sister... Former brother admits abusing boy 20 or 30 times Marese McDonagh Sat, Jan 19, 2008 A former Marist Brother admitted abusing an eight-year-old boy "maybe 20 or 30" times over a four-month period, a court was told yesterday. Martin Meaney (65), of Moyle Park, Clondalkin, Dublin, pleaded guilty... The Archbishop Who Feared He Might Not Go to Heaven Archbishop John Charles McQuaid (1895-1973) Courtesy: Dublin Diocesan Archives (The Word Magazine, January 2008) Archbishop John Charles McQuaid (1895-1973) Courtesy: Dublin Diocesan Archives John Charles McQuaid was never far from controversy during his long reign in Ireland?s largest diocese,... Bishops are branded 'narcissistic sociopaths'Independent.ie Abused priest dismisses church attitude to victims By Anita Guidera Thursday January 17 2008 A priset who suffered sexual abuse has branded bishops and priests who fail to reach out to abuse victims as "narcissistic sociopaths". Father Patrick McCafferty... Absolute Power? Decades of abuse by Roman Catholic priests and volunteers still taint Eskimo villagers in rural Alaska. Newsweek Web Exclusive Updated: 4:01 PM ET Jan 14, 2008 In the Yupik Eskimo village where Tom Cheemuk lived as a child in... Alliance and LOVE differ in opinionIndependent.ie 15th January 2006 The Alliance Committee would like to reply to the founder of Let Our Voices Emerge (LOVE) (Letters, January 10). Florence Horsman Hogan says in reply to Bruce Arnold's article 'Shameful Saga of Abuse goes on' (Irish... With this ring, I thee condemn By Rosemary Behan Times on Line THE POPE is leading a meeting of Church officials in Rome today for a ?reflection? on the subject of celibacy and marriage for priests. It follows the rebellion of an excommunicated Zambian archbishop,... Ireland 'left out' in atonement drive for sins of the FathersIndependent.ie By John Cooney Monday January 14 2008 THE Vatican's call on Catholics to atone for the child clerical sex abuse scandals that have rocked its foundations in recent years has handed a poisoned chalice to the Irish bishops. A... Schools do not deserve attacks Independent.ie 10th January 2008 I see my favourite little Irish Independent literary Rottweiler has put poisonous pen to paper yet again regarding our charity 'Let Our Voices Emerge' (LOVE), Irish Industrial Schools, and is even taking a swipe at... Shameful Saga of Abuse May we refer to the article ?Brace yourself for final chapter in our shameful saga of abuse? by Bruce Arnold in the Irish Independent dated 5th January 2008. We totally agree with the aforementioned article that we will hear... FUNDING OF INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS: MARY RAFTERY Vs. THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS [ If a person is accused of child abuse 30, 40 or even 50 years after the alleged event, it is normally impossible to prove one's innocence. You cannot 'prove' a negative. However Mary Raftery has ALSO made allegations... 'Fund us or we'll close industrial schools' Kevin Rafter, Political Editor http://www.tribune.ie 30th December 2007 SENIOR Catholic church leaders led by Brendan Comiskey threatened to close the country's industrial schools in 1977 in a dispute over state funding, according to newly-released government files. The papers, released... Brace yourself for final chapter in our shameful saga of abuseBruce Arnold. Saturday 5th January 2008 Irish Independent This year will see an attempt to conclude the long, sorry, dishonest saga of supposed recompense and healing to the thousands of men and women who suffered lifelong damage and injury in... FUNDING INSTITUTIONS LIKE GOLDENBRIDGE [ The following is fascinating correspondence involving a civil servant who visited a residential home with Minister for Health Sean MacEntee in the early 1960s. I think that the state allowance for each child was about ?1 in Ireland... DIOCESE CLEARS PRIEST IN SEXUAL ABUSE CASE (USA) [ This USA case is reminiscent of some Irish ones. The priest was accused more than 40 years after the alleged sexual abuse - which is supposed to have occurred in a summer camp in 1960. The summer camp... JEAN BAUDRILLARD AND IRISH DECADENCE Ladies, Gentlemen and Scholars, In my more philosophical moments I have been known to argue that western society as a whole is a blown up version of the Weimar Republic just before the Nazis took over i.e. it is... |