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February 2009 Archives

Church gave up land worth €28m for abuse compo

Friday, February 27, 2009Irish Examinerby Noel Baker THE Catholic Church handed over properties worth €28.6 million, including a three-acre site in Dublin 4 and St Colman's Home in Cobh, Co Cork, as part of its deal to compensate abuse victims.It...
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Only 3pc of primary schools are owned by State

  Three acres site at Merrion, Dublin 4   By John Walshe Education Editor Thursday February 26 2009 Labour will ask that schools be handed over free of charge because the Church paid just €128m towards the €1.1bn cost of...
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Our society has been left with no moral compass

    Pope Benedict is the head of a Church that has been badly damaged by the abuse scandals   By David Quinn Friday February 27 2009 One of the many tragedies of the clerical abuse scandals is the enormous...
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Priest fails to have conviction for raping schoolgirl overturned

  By Tim Healy  Friday February 27 2009 A Donegal priest yesterday lost his appeal against his conviction for raping a schoolgirl in a church sacristy over 20 years ago. The Court of Criminal Appeal dismissed the appeal brought by...
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Time for Church to settle its bill

Independent.ie   Today's remarkable report concerning Church property is a timely reminder of a decidedly dodgy deal done in 2002 without the imprimatur of its main player, the taxpayer. It is time to be indignant all over again. Religious orders...
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20 children in care have died over last six years

Irish Times CARL O'BRIEN, Social Affairs Correspondent Thu, Feb 26, 2009 A TOTAL of 20 children who were placed in the care of the State have died over a six-year period, new figures show. Five young people died from drug...
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Archbishop hails guidelines for clerical abuse database

Independent.ie   By John Cooney Wednesday February 25 2009 The Archbishop of Dublin last night welcomed revised child protection guidelines issued by the Catholic Church's abuse watchdog that will result in the setting up of a new database of clerical...
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Priest guilty of sex attack

Irish Independent A FORMER parish priest will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to charges of indecent assault. Peter Cribben (right) faced Judge Michael O'Shea in Naas Circuit Court yesterday charged with indecently assaulting a male in the...
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Christian Brother admits to abuse of boys 45 years ago

Independent.ie   By Sonya McLean Tuesday February 24 2009 A CHRISTIAN brother has been remanded in custody after he admitted to sexually assaulting four students in an industrial school 45 years ago. Stephen Allen (77) told gardai in an interview...
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Christian Brother to be sentenced over sex abuse

      A CHRISTIAN Brother has been remanded in custody pending sentence after he admitted to sexually assaulting four students in an industrial school 45 years ago. Stephen Allen (77) with an address at Christian Brothers Provincial, Griffith Avenue,...
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Church 'has responsibility' to pass on child-protection concerns

  Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. has welcomed the publication of the guidelines today. Related »   National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic ChurchThe Irish Times takes no responsibility for the contentor availability...
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CANADIAN "PAEDOPHILE RING": Silence Is Deafening

Perry Dunlop Could Have Been The Star Attraction At The Inquiryby Trevor Pritchard, Cornwall Standard Freeholder, 5 February 2009    Former city cop Perry Dunlop and his wife Helen enter the Cornwall Public Inquiry."I have nothing to say." On Sept....
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CANADIAN "PAEDOPHILE RING": No Bang For Inquiry Buck

It Was Ignored By Outside Mediaby Claude McIntosh, Cornwall Standard Freeholder, 18 February 2009[ NOTE: This is the latest in a series of inquiries dating back to 1993 regarding an alleged "paedophile ring" in the town of Cornwall in...
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Cloyne victims question priest's supervision

Saturday, February 21, 2009By Jennifer HoughALLEGED victims of clerical child sex abuse in the Diocese of Cloyne have demanded to know how a priest at the centre a new Garda investigation is being supervised by the church.They say they are...
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MOUNT CASHEL ORPHANAGE

  NEWFOUNDLAND'S HOUSE OF HORRORS Run by The Irish Christian Brothers The Christian Brothers of Ireland - Canada Christian brothers Institute, Inc. New York, USA aka  The Congregation of Christian Brothers   Table of contents (if you would like to...
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Indian nun lifts lid on exploitation and 'torture' in convents

        By Andrew Buncombe in Delhi Friday February 20 2009 A former nun's tell-all story which details illicit relationships, sexual harassment and bullying in the convent where she spent three decades is causing ructions in the Catholic...
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Indian nun lifts lid on exploitation and 'torture' in convents

        By Andrew Buncombe in Delhi Friday February 20 2009 A former nun's tell-all story which details illicit relationships, sexual harassment and bullying in the convent where she spent three decades is causing ructions in the Catholic...
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False Accusation Fear Stopping Men From Intervening In Street

    MEN are deterred from intervening to prevent antisocial activity by young people because they fear being falsely accused of threatening behaviour or assault, a study has found.   A report on attitudes to youth crime, based on...
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Auschwitz in the US and Canada: Indian Boarding Schools

    by Brenda Norrell, 16 February 2009, The Narcosphere - Reporters Notebook [ NOTE: This is reminiscent of stories of mass murder in Irish institutions run by the Christian Brothers - especially Letterfrack. ]   Russell Means and...
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COMPENSATION IN CANADA: "If Money's Not The Answer To Native Problems, What Is?"

by Susan Martinuk, February 6, 2009  for The Calgary Herald  (Alberta, Canada)    [ The problems shown here seem very similar to those experienced as a result of the Residential Institutions "compensation" scheme in Ireland. ]   The verdict is...
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COMPENSATION IN CANADA: "If Money's Not The Answer To Native Problems, What Is?"

by Susan Martinuk, February 6, 2009  for The Calgary Herald  (Alberta, Canada)    [ The problems shown here seem very similar to those experienced as a result of the Residential Institutions "compensation" scheme in Ireland. ]   The verdict is...
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Bitter land fued behind wrongful sexual assault conviction

    Neighbour convicted after girl concocted tale of brutal sexual assault now faces battle with DPP to get case declared a miscarriage of justice By MAEVE SHEEHAN Sunday February 15 2009 IRELAND has a long history of feuding over...
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Bishop Magee's refusal to resign

  Fri, Feb 13, 2009 Madam, - From reading the letters of Mrs Mary Stewart (February 10th) over the years, I take it that she is a regular attender at Mass. But like the vast majority of our Irish bishops...
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Sex abuse action against Christian Brother settled

  MARY CAROLAN Sat, Feb 07, 2009 A MAN who claimed he was beaten and sexually assaulted by the principal of a Christian Brothers' primary school where he was a pupil in the 1980s has settled his High Court action...
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Priests in diocese of Ferns agree to be vetted by Gardaí

By Evelyn RingThe measure has been introduced by the Diocesan Child Protection Committee, whose members are both lay people and clergy. Bishop Dennis Brennan, who has backed the initiative, became the first to be vetted by gardaí. Forms have been...
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Bishop Magee's refusal to resign over Cloyne scandal

  Fri, Feb 06, 2009 Madam, - Referring to the scandal in the diocese of Cloyne, Prof Enda McDonagh says there is "a much deeper and more Christian reason for [Bishop John Magee] accepting resignation, the example of Jesus Christ...
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Child abuse report delayed eight years

  MARIE O'HALLORAN Fri, Feb 06, 2009 MINISTER OF State for Health John Moloney has accepted it was "a nonsense" for the publication of a report into child abuse to be delayed eight years. He was responding in the Dáil...
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Selfish Adults 'Threat To Children' [UK]

The Press Association , Monday, February 2, 2009 An aggressive pursuit of personal success by adults is now the "greatest threat" to the wellbeing and happiness of children, according to a landmark inquiry.   The belief among adults that...
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