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August 2010 ArchivesClerical sex abuse scandal 'not invention of media' PADDY AGNEW in Rome Wed, Aug 25, 2010 THE IRISH Catholic Church's child sex abuse scandal is "not an invention of the media" but rather a profound scandal for the Irish faithful, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said yesterday.... Clerical immunity must end - US lawyer PATSY McGARRY Religious Affairs Correspondent Mon, Aug 23, 2010 THE "ERA of clerical immunity" has to end in Ireland, the Humbert School was told at the weekend. US lawyer and former Benedictine monk Patrick Wall acknowledged the special position... Church scandals 'not unique' to Ireland UCD's Prof Diarmuid Ferriter, speaking at the Merriman Summer School in Co Clare yesterday on the topic of the rise and fall of the Irish Catholic Church, said it will take time to absorb the sheer enormity of what... Top clergy and gardaí among those quizzed in abuse probe Ali Bracken, Crime Correspondent --> Fachtna Murphy: GARDAÍ have interviewed over 200 people, including senior members of the clergy and former gardaí, in their wide-ranging criminal investigation into clerical sex abuse in the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin. Nine months... Victim reveals horror of vaccine trials' secret legacyIndependent.ie By Christian McCashin Sunday August 22 2010 A CLERICAL child abuse victim revealed the full horror yesterday of the 'human guinea pig' drug trials carried out in church-run children's homes. Hundreds of children are feared to have been... Files go missing in child vaccine inquiryIndependent.ie Howlin can't remember probe or its findings By Patricia McDonagh Saturday August 21 2010 THE deputy chairman of the Dail was last night at the centre of a new controversy over child vaccine trials. As Labour Health Minister... Vulnerable children at risk of being placed with unsafe carers CARL O'BRIEN Chief Reporter Sat, Aug 21, 2010 THE EXTENT of the failures in the foster care system has been highlighted in an unpublished report which reveals that vulnerable children in the southeast are at risk of being placed... Abuse victims to celebrate Reformation Day at Vatican Marie Collins, an advocate of reform in the Catholic Church, and Andrew Madden, author of Altar Boy, A Story Of Life After Abuse, with their Outstanding Achievement Awards at the Humbert Summer School in Castlebar, Co Mayo, yesterday. Photograph:... 'Religious world turned upside down' ÉIBHIR MULQUEEN in Ennis Sat, Aug 21, 2010 AFTERMATH OF SCANDAL: THE CLERICAL sex abuse scandals has shaken the Catholic Church to its foundations but the world of the wider religious community has also been turned upside down, retired judge... 'Spineless' response by priests criticised PATSY McGARRY Religious Affairs Correspondent Sat, Aug 21, 2010 ABUSE FALLOUT: IRELAND'S CATHOLIC priests were criticised by speakers at the Humbert School in Castlebar, Co Mayo, yesterday for their "deafening silence" throughout the clerical child sex abuse scandal years. Dublin... Church abuse survivors voice dismay over 'deafening silence'Independent.ie By Marese McDonagh Saturday August 21 2010 SEX abuse campaigner Marie Collins said yesterday the priests of Ireland had let many people down "by their abject failure to speak up" about the revelations in the Ryan and Murphy... Victim in legal battle over infant drug trial 'I was used as a guinea pig in child vaccine scandal' Mari Steed pictured in Philadelphia, USA, with a doll and her baby shoes, mementos of her childhood. Picture: Bob Williams By Patricia McDonagh Friday August 20 2010... The forgotten children of Ireland's hidden scandalIndependent.ie By Patricia McDonagh Friday August 20 2010 SUSPICIONS that vaccine trials had taken place on vulnerable Irish children -- many of whom were in state care -- first surfaced in the early 1990s. As the current decade dawned,... €1.5m land sale funded clerical sex abuse payoutsIndependent.ie A CATHOLIC Church diocese sold off a piece of land and invested the money in a trust fund to pay off claims from people who suffered clerical sex abuse. The diocese of Killaloe sold the land in Ennis... Tell bishops to 'get the hell out of our cathedrals', says writer Robert Blair Kaiser: at Humbert Summer School yesterday By Marese McDonagh Friday August 20 2010 Irish Catholics should establish a home-grown church by demanding that the bishops "get the hell out of your cathedrals", a leading author... Call to boycott Mass may be start of 'revolution in Catholic Church' PATSY McGARRY Religious Affairs Correspondent Fri, Aug 20, 2010 A REVOLUTION "may already have started" in the Catholic Church in Ireland, the Humbert Summer School was told in Castlebar, Co Mayo, last night. US religion commentator Robert Blair Kaiser... Church's sexual theology in 'deep crisis' ÉIBHIR MULQUEEN in Ennis Fri, Aug 20, 2010 THE SEXUAL theology of the Catholic Church is in deep crisis, Fr Kevin Hegarty, a former editor of the church magazine Intercom, said at the Merriman Summer School yesterday. The majority... Mass boycott a wake-up call to the church Thursday, August 19, 2010 JENNIFER Sleeman's call for women to boycott mass on September 26 should give all Catholics food for thought on the subject of how women are treated by, and within, their church. The Vatican has made... Arrogance at core of canon lawIndependent.ie MY evocation of the then wholly legitimate trial of Pope Formosus ('Church always abused its flock', Letters, August 17) has provoked much debate and commentary. Unlike the princes of the Catholic Church, I will meet my critics head... Industrial school order placed on eBay Detention order: this document grants the placing of a young girl in a Clonakilty industrial school. It is being auctioned on the internet. PATSY McGARRY Religious Affairs Correspondent A 1913 document ordering the detention of a young... 'God Squad' car sticker lands priest in hot water Monday, August 16, 2010 - 10:41 AM A US priest was warned by lawyers to get rid of door stickers on his car with the words "God Squad".Father Luke Strand at the Holy Family Parish in Fond Du... UK Catholic church struggles to raise funds for papal visit Jerome Taylor, London --> The Isle of Man Post Office's set of stamps to commemorate the Pope 's visit to Britain and the beatification of Cardinal Newman With just over a month to go before the pope arrives in... Is this the beginning of the end for Archbishop Martin? The manner in which Archbishop Diarmuid Martin communicated the Pope's decision not to accept the resignations of two auxiliary bishops in his archdiocese - and his silence since then - speaks volumes about the strain he is under, writes... Abuse survivor 'shattered' by Pope's decision Refusal to accept two bishops' resignations is 'final nail in the coffin' of hope for real change John Downes, News Investigations Correspondent julien behal/pa --> No hope: Marie Collins says the Church's actions have left her thinking 'this is... Pope's refusal to let bishops quit an insult -- abuse victimIndependent.ie By Breda Heffernan Saturday August 14 2010 A VICTIM of clerical abuse has described the Pope's refusal to accept the resignations of two bishops named in the Murphy report as an "insult to the people of Dublin". Marie... Clerical abuse survivors to protest Bishops' reinstatements Bishop Eamonn Walsh. Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 08:32 AM A protest is due to take place later over the Vatican's decision to reject the resignation of two Irish bishops in the wake of the Murphy report on... Abuse survivors refuse to back monument By Claire O'Sullivan Friday, August 13, 2010 SURVIVORS of institutional abuse have told the Government they will not support a national monument dedicated to their childhood suffering -- as the Government is refusing to listen to them. Wide divisions... Latest Papal diktat spells doom for people's churchJohn Cooney: Pope Benedict XVI waves from the balcony of his summer residence in Castelgandolfo, south of Rome, yesterday Thursday August 12 2010 THE chaotic manner in which the decision of Pope Benedict to refuse the resignations of two... Resignation offers were 'for benefit of abuse victims'Independent.ie By Fergus Black Thursday August 12 2010 THE two auxiliary bishops at the centre of the latest resignation controversy offered to step down last Christmas in the hope their action would help bring peace and reconciliation to abuse... Pope retains bishops Thu, Aug 12, 2010 THE DECISION by Pope Benedict XVI not to accept the resignations of Dublin auxiliary bishops Eamonn Walsh and Raymond Field will shock many people. It sends the most contradictory of messages to the faithful about... Pope rejects bishops' resignations Dr Raymond Field and Dr Eamonn Walsh: Pope Benedict has refused to accept their resignations as auxiliary bishops PATSY McGARRY and PADDY AGNEW Dublin's catholic archdiocese last night confirmed that offers of resignation by auxiliary bishops Eamonn Walsh... Ex-priest awaits extradition hearing on abuse claims RONAN McGREEVY Mon, Aug 09, 2010 PATRICK McCABE, a former priest accused of sex abuse offences, is in jail in California awaiting an extradition hearing on warrants relating to offences which it is claimed took place more than three... Bid to reassure Magdalene survivors over memorial statue By Jennifer Hough Saturday, August 07, 2010 GALWAY City Council has moved to allay the fears of Magdalene survivors by quashing suggestions that a memorial statue will be relocated due to a new bus lane being put in place.... Time for parents to ask the primary question Sat, Aug 07, 2010 Divesting some schools could be liberating for the Catholic Church, writes BREDA O'BRIEN SO, THE process of divesting some primary schools of Catholic patronage has finally begun. It is an important moment, not just for... Don't let Magdalene statue go the way of Padraic O Conaire, warns Boston professor Galway Advertiser, August 05, 2010. By James M. Smith (associate Professor In The Eng Galway City Council decided this past week to remove a statue memorializing the women who lived, worked and, in some cases, died at the Sisters... 12 survivors of institutions get names cleared By Conor Ryan, Political Correspondent Monday, August 02, 2010 Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has issued 12 certificates to former residents of the institutions who had carried criminal records because of the state's treatment of them. This was because the... |