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Archives for the category "Catholic Church"

"State May Ask Church for Cash Payment Of €32m -- November 13, 2008

Religious orders not to add to compensation deal -- November 13, 2008

Priests abused up to 400 children in Dublin diocese -- November 8, 2008

"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests" (SNAP) and "One in Four" -- November 5, 2008

Reward for finding sex abuse priest -- October 27, 2008

Church still owes abuse payments -- October 26, 2008

COLM O'GORMAN AND DUBLIN ARCHDIOCESE ABUSE PROBE -- October 6, 2008

Ex-Cop Free After Being Jailed For Sex-Case Silence [Cornwall, Canada] -- October 4, 2008

Top court restores sexual assault finding against Oblate brother -- October 4, 2008

Facing Trial By The Media [Australia] -- September 29, 2008

Lawyer Claims 'Mass Hysteria' Has Surrounded Sex Abuse Case -- September 19, 2008

Sex Case 'Witch-Hunt' [Australia] -- September 19, 2008

St Stanislaus "Scandal": Accuser Has Own History Of Shame -- September 12, 2008

SEX ABUSE AT ST STANISLAUS? -- September 12, 2008

Opus Dei's parish in Dublin -- August 30, 2008

Controversial group 'simply doing work of God' -- August 30, 2008

The Bishop and the Dancing Girls: Cornelius Lucey in Kenya -- August 17, 2008

BISHOP CORNELIUS LUCEY IN THE TURKANA DESERT -- August 4, 2008

Sr Mary Aikenhead -- July 31, 2008

Court hears of 'anticlerical' social worker at alleged abuse school -- July 26, 2008

'Hannibal' Priest Faces New Abuse Lawsuits [Oliver O'Grady] -- June 29, 2008

Catholic Communications Office: Press Release re Oliver O'Grady -- June 29, 2008

Church willing to hand over control of primary schools -- June 28, 2008

Premium Article ! Yorkshire Post, 21 June 2008. -- June 26, 2008

End of era for Christian Brothers -- June 19, 2008

DID CHURCHES COMMIT "CULTURAL GENOCIDE" IN CANADA? -- June 12, 2008

Hitler's Pope? Article by Sir Martin Gilbert -- June 10, 2008

Ferns priest accused of abusing children defrocked by Vatican -- June 10, 2008

PIUS XII AND THE NAZIS (as per the New York Times) -- June 5, 2008

INDIA: Hindu Radicals and Marxists Accuse Catholic Church of Murder and Rape -- May 26, 2008

INDIA: CATHOLIC RETREAT CENTRE ACCUSED OF MASS KILLINGS, RAPE etc -- May 23, 2008

"Bishops Insist That Catholic Schools Are Inclusive" -- May 18, 2008

72-year-old Catholic priest jailed for sex attacks on children -- May 13, 2008

MASS MURDER BY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CANADA? -- May 11, 2008

CANADA 'GENOCIDE': Clergyman Makes Startling Claims of Residential School Abuse -- May 7, 2008

PROTEST AT VANCOUVER CATHEDRAL: STATEMENT BY SQUAMISH INDIAN NATION -- May 5, 2008

Catholic sex abuse - Talk is cheap -- April 21, 2008

The Pope's visit to the US -- April 21, 2008

Bishop responds to abuse query claims -- April 21, 2008

SISTERS OF MERCY - SECOND APOLOGY (2004) -- April 19, 2008

Cher Song Upsets Catholics, Calling Nuns 'Daughters Of Hell' -- April 19, 2008

Church owes State €36m in property -- April 18, 2008

More Catholic Schools Closing Across US -- April 13, 2008

Support for Church Role in Schools -- April 10, 2008

Priest blamed for alleged sex abuse dead 3 years -- April 9, 2008

Priest tells parish he is taking legal advice on abuse book 'lies' -- April 7, 2008

Men in black will fight till end to control education -- March 30, 2008

Parents must be at centre of debate on religious teaching -- March 28, 2008

PRIESTS, CELIBACY AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH -- March 19, 2008

A lesson in denial and disingenuousness -- March 18, 2008

CHURCH'S TREATMENT OF SEX-OFFENDING CLERGY -- March 17, 2008

Priests' forum mooted -- March 7, 2008

Casey suspension 'a disgrace' - priest -- March 7, 2008

PRIESTS, CELIBACY AND THE CHURCH -- March 7, 2008

Time to get the full picture on vocations -- February 29, 2008

Disgraced bishop to reinvent himself as a 'spiritual guru' -- February 22, 2008

Church crisis as number of priests to drop 66pc in 20 years -- February 21, 2008

Cleric wrote letter of support for sex offender -- February 18, 2008

Brain Is Not Only Organ With Which Poets Think -- February 17, 2008

Cardinal's 'martyrdom' may have a final twist -- February 12, 2008

Church hasn't learned a thing -- February 12, 2008

Connell withdraws bid to stop files examined -- February 11, 2008

How Cardinal became a magnet for controversy -- February 8, 2008

CARDINAL CONNELL WAS PREPARED TO GO TO JAIL -- February 8, 2008

'Irish Catholic' criticises Dr Martin -- February 7, 2008

Cardinal willing to go to jail rather than release files -- February 7, 2008

Church's actions are disturbing -- February 7, 2008

The Pope is right, all that matters is finding truth -- February 6, 2008

How bishops formed strategy to fight claims of child abuse -- February 6, 2008

Connell's actions drowning out words -- February 6, 2008

MADONNA HOUSE AND THE SISTERS OF CHARITY -- February 6, 2008

Division between Church's top men turns into a gaping chasm -- February 5, 2008

Archbishop pleads with Connell in row over abuse files -- February 5, 2008

Bishop Casey still in limbo -- February 4, 2008

Abuse files at centre of 2003 row -- February 3, 2008

Call to seize secret church abuse files -- February 3, 2008

Commission of inquiry into child abuse: the background -- February 2, 2008

Who now speaks for the Church? -- February 2, 2008

Sex abuse victims react angrily to legal move -- February 2, 2008

Cardinal is accused of abuse files cover-up -- February 1, 2008

Cardinal brings court challenge over documents -- February 1, 2008

DERMOT KEOGH ON SEX SCANDALS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH -- January 30, 2008

CLERICAL TERRORS - REVIEW OF "JOHN CHARLES McQUAID, RULER OF CATHOLIC IRELAND" -- January 25, 2008

THE POET AND THE ARCHBISHOP -- January 23, 2008

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR PRIEST IS ACCUSED OF ABUSE -- January 21, 2008

Former brother admits abusing boy 20 or 30 times -- January 19, 2008

The Archbishop Who Feared He Might Not Go to Heaven -- January 17, 2008

Bishops are branded 'narcissistic sociopaths' -- January 17, 2008

Absolute Power? -- January 16, 2008

With this ring, I thee condemn -- January 14, 2008

Ireland 'left out' in atonement drive for sins of the Fathers -- January 14, 2008

DIOCESE CLEARS PRIEST IN SEXUAL ABUSE CASE (USA) -- January 3, 2008

JEAN BAUDRILLARD AND IRISH DECADENCE -- January 2, 2008

ANTI-CATHOLICISM AND CHILD ABUSE Extracts from website -- December 30, 2007

Church plea on child abuse -- December 27, 2007

Call for judicial inquiry into order's policy on sex abusers -- December 20, 2007

Priest gets four years for sexual abuse -- December 20, 2007

CHILD ABUSE, THE NAZIS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH -- November 25, 2007

Priest faces 40-year jail term for sex abuse -- November 24, 2007

Bishop apologies to Teesside paedophile priest victims -- November 12, 2007

Priests fear altar wine may put them over limit -- November 2, 2007

Priest says clerical sex abuse issue not over -- October 30, 2007

Priest is cleared of schoolgirl sex charges -- October 23, 2007

Brady says apology not adequate for abuse victims -- October 22, 2007

DUBLIN PRIEST DENIES US SEX ABUSE CLAIMS (Recovered Memory) -- October 21, 2007

Church's silence is thankfully broken -- October 21, 2007

FitzGerald says celibacy of bishops led to cover-ups -- October 20, 2007

Irish priest in US denies sex claims -- October 19, 2007

The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, -- October 17, 2007

Bishops' reasoning is flawed -- October 10, 2007

Bishops: Lay people must be given more power -- October 8, 2007

Church wants compensation for handing over its schools -- October 3, 2007

THE FETHARD-ON-SEA BOYCOTT AND THE WORKERS PARTY (2) -- September 23, 2007

"A LOVE DIVIDED" - The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott and the Workers Party -- September 23, 2007

Why religious bias should not be one of the three Rs -- September 23, 2007

Priests' groupto be dissolved -- September 20, 2007

CALL FOR CHURCH TO GIVE UP RUNNING SCHOOLS -- September 20, 2007

Nun urges church to give up running schools -- September 19, 2007

Priest on leave after child sex abuse claims -- September 17, 2007

Catholic schools' policy defended -- September 15, 2007

Lot to learn from Boys Town ethos -- September 13, 2007

Sisters of Bethany's convent in Santa Barbara -- September 11, 2007

Dignity of this son is a lesson for all -- September 10, 2007

Showboating cleric was there when it mattered -- September 9, 2007

Cleary's holy show also a saving grace -- September 9, 2007

Flawed yes, but here was a priest who knew his job -- September 8, 2007

Sex, priests, and secret lives -- September 7, 2007

Artane bullies hid behind the Church -- August 31, 2007

Church?s fortune stance a bit rich -- August 31, 2007

?Some notes? by Jim Beresford -- August 22, 2007

?Some notes? by Jim Beresford -- August 22, 2007

Dishonesty on Artane abuse probe exposed ... eventually -- August 18, 2007

Church 'crisis' all just an evil plot -- August 15, 2007

Report vital if Church to be held accountable for actions -- August 11, 2007

CATHOLIC ABUSE CRISIS STARTS TO FADE - Forbes Magazine -- August 9, 2007

FRANK McCOURT AND ANGELA'S ASHES' -- August 9, 2007

Report faults the Church's 'misleading' abuse guide -- August 8, 2007

Bishop forgot child abuses -- August 2, 2007

Roman Catholic Church Records, etc -- August 1, 2007

Supreme Court blocks trial of ex-priest -- August 1, 2007

LOS ANGELES ARCHDIOCESE TO PAY $660 MILLION TO ALLEGED ABUSE VICTIMS -- July 31, 2007

Question is why report 'buried' when abused still need answers -- July 31, 2007

'Difficulties' with church's abuse guidelines noted -- July 20, 2007

May we refer to Rory Connors article -- July 18, 2007

LA Church 'in record abuse deal' -- July 18, 2007

Judge Approves LA Archdiocese Clergy Sex Abuse settlement -- July 17, 2007

Payout has huge implications for the O'Grady case -- July 16, 2007

Church set to pay millions to abuse victims -- July 16, 2007

COLM O'GORMAN: BBC Documentary on Clergy Sex Abuse -- July 11, 2007

Records show Vt. church knew of child sex abuse -- July 3, 2007

THE DEATH OF A LIBERAL UNIVERSITY; ANTIOCH COLLEGE, USA -- June 20, 2007

YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CHURCH -- June 19, 2007

YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CHURCH -- June 16, 2007

FERNS: FAMILY FORCED WITHDRAWAL OF COMPLAINT AGAINST PRIEST -- June 16, 2007

FERNS SEX ABUSE ACTION STRUCK OUT -- June 15, 2007

INNOCENT PRIEST VINDICATED -- June 15, 2007

Comiskey is 'more than happy' to testify on clerical abuse -- June 13, 2007

Church appoints child protection director -- June 1, 2007

Clerical sex abuse inquiry seeks remit extension -- May 30, 2007

Priest to be jailed for funding child rapist's grooming of 12-year-old girl -- May 26, 2007

Cleared priest may face abuse re-trial -- May 25, 2007

Clare bishop supports priest over 'breaches' -- May 24, 2007

Priest nearly 'died of fright' when told of assault claims -- May 23, 2007

Row in Italy over sex abuse documentary -- May 21, 2007

Probe into priest sex abuse claims -- May 18, 2007

Priest informed PSNI of abuse claims, court told -- May 18, 2007

Woman can sue bishop and diocese, court rules -- May 17, 2007

Diocesan sex trial hears of 'improper behaviour' -- May 16, 2007

NI priest faces sexual assault charge -- May 15, 2007

Altar boy 'abused by priest for five years' -- May 3, 2007

HAVING IT BOTH WAYS WITH CHURCH -- May 2, 2007

Comiskey to give evidence -- May 2, 2007

Former provincial of Oblates and reformatory manager -- April 22, 2007

THE SCANDAL THAT HAS NO NAME -- April 19, 2007

HAVING IT BOTH WAYS WITH CHURCH -- April 18, 2007

Church condemns bookie's plan as 'reprehensible' -- April 6, 2007

HAVING IT BOTH WAYS WITH CHURCH -- April 6, 2007

Churches should practise what they preach -- March 31, 2007

?Church Lands Fall Short on State Abuse Bill? -- March 21, 2007

Church lands fall short on state abuse bill -- March 18, 2007

Sex abuse bills leave diocese fearing a cash crisis -- March 16, 2007

Priest says Ireland now 'secularised, vulgarised' -- March 13, 2007

CATHOLICS AND DEGENERATES -- March 12, 2007

"THE DAWKINS DELUSION" AS SEEN BY A CATHOLIC ATHEIST -- March 11, 2007

If Bishops had been married -- March 10, 2007

RELIGION IS NOT CHILD ABUSE -- March 8, 2007

No right to preach at us -- March 1, 2007

PERVERT PRIEST BLASTS CHURCH (OLIVER O'GRADY) -- February 27, 2007

Ahern to launch talks between State and religious leaders -- February 26, 2007

Bishop calls for Cura abortion row to be settled -- February 26, 2007

GET REAL. -- February 12, 2007

Child protection board team named -- February 6, 2007

Suspended sentence for priest who molested two boys -- February 3, 2007

Priest splits from mother of his son -- January 29, 2007

ARCHBISHOP THOMAS MORRIS AND OLIVER O'GRADY -- January 16, 2007

SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE VS CLERGY ABUSE -- January 12, 2007

"SATANIC" CHILD ABUSE AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH -- January 8, 2007

The Vatican goes Wilde -- January 5, 2007

Bishop 'did not know' of sex abuse claims -- January 5, 2007

Rwandan priest is jailed for his role in genocide -- December 14, 2006

Priest must pay ?10,000 to woman he 'harassed' -- December 13, 2006

Bishops not qualified to lecture on age of consent -- December 10, 2006

Bishops' belated concern only echoes every parent's worries -- December 9, 2006

Bishops warn of fall into 'moral chaos' -- December 8, 2006

Biggest US Catholic Diocese to pay $60m in abuse settlements -- December 2, 2006

Bishop's return angers families of abuse victims -- November 28, 2006

Sorting church/state relations -- November 17, 2006

Catholic Nun Sentenced -- November 11, 2006

Christian Brother thanked Burke over rezoning decision -- November 11, 2006

Bishop tells faithful his diocese is nearly broke -- November 10, 2006

Bishop?s school request shocks parents -- November 9, 2006

Business as usual at the old boys' club -- November 5, 2006

CATHOLIC CHURCH AND LIMBO -- November 2, 2006

Churchgoers should not have to pay for another layer of bureauracy -- November 1, 2006

FALSE ALLEGATIONS: PAT RABBITTE AND CARDINAL CATHAL DALY -- October 30, 2006

Sex Abuse Suit against Vatican. -- October 30, 2006

Pope tells Bishops to follow new rules -- October 30, 2006

Most bishops showing little interest in healing wounds -- October 30, 2006

Bishops had 'open, encouraging meeting' on child sex abuse issue -- October 30, 2006

Church dig-out a slap in faces of abused -- October 29, 2006

Social issues remain top of agenda -- October 29, 2006

Crisis over collapse of religious practice -- October 29, 2006

The disgraceful deal with religious orders -- October 29, 2006

Pope visit to Ireland now unlikely -- October 29, 2006

Kennedy clan priest who faced blackmail ordeal still on leave -- October 29, 2006

Pope's pain doesn't wipe away Church's failure -- October 28, 2006

Pope will rule today on bishops' child protection plans -- October 28, 2006

Church abuse deal absurd -- October 28, 2006

Former Ferns administrator rejects criticism of pope's role -- October 28, 2006

Pope Benedict and Child Abuse -- October 27, 2006

Plea for State to stop pursuing her for ?500,000 legal costs -- October 27, 2006

Church gets off the hook -- October 27, 2006

Pope: my anguish and horror over Ferns abuse -- October 27, 2006

Ferns statement: full text -- October 27, 2006

Pope tells bishop of 'horror' at sex abuse in Ferns -- October 27, 2006

'Sorrow' over clerical abuse -- October 26, 2006

Priest accused of child abuse flees parish -- October 26, 2006

Church under fire over slow response to Ferns Report -- October 23, 2006

BISHOP COMISKEY, VERONICA GUERIN AND CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN -- October 21, 2006

Brothers should be contrite -- October 19, 2006

Christian Brothers issue an apology -- October 18, 2006

Irish bishops in Rome for talks with Pope -- October 16, 2006

BISHOP COMISKEY AND CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN [October 1995] -- October 15, 2006

Pope to grill bishops on sex abuse -- October 14, 2006

BISHOP COMISKEY AND VERONICA GUERIN [1995] -- October 13, 2006

Bishop apologises to victim of rapist priest -- October 12, 2006

BISHOP BRENDAN COMISKEY AND FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE [1995] -- October 12, 2006

Cardinal could face trial over pervert priest -- October 8, 2006

The church and its critics -- October 4, 2006

BROTHER MAURICE KIRK FSC AND FATHER MICHAEL SWEETMAN SJ -- October 3, 2006

Last of the Brothers? -- October 2, 2006

Archbishop 'violently angry' at child abuse -- October 1, 2006

ARCHBISHOP MCQUAID - BY ONE WHO KNEW HIM AS A BOY -- September 27, 2006

Magdalene nuns are not the villains -- September 23, 2006

Statement from the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity. -- September 22, 2006

Diocesan director quits priesthood -- September 19, 2006

Why diocesan priest sex inquiry is certain to provoke another outcry -- September 18, 2006

DOCTOR NOEL BROWNE AND THE BISHOPS -- September 16, 2006

NOEL BROWNE, SEAN MacBRIDE AND THE BISHOPS -- September 16, 2006

Nuns set to sue author over her bestseller claim of abuse 'hell' -- September 13, 2006

Statement from The Sisters of our Lady of Charity -- September 12, 2006

What next for Christianity in Ireland? -- September 11, 2006

Bishop must speak up -- September 11, 2006

Vatican knew of priest's history -- September 9, 2006

Bishop 'unlikely to win' if he challenges Rome ruling -- September 8, 2006

Forgiveness for Dr Casey -- September 8, 2006

Bishop rejects claim he did not address report of abuse -- September 7, 2006

Cardinal sin. -- September 2, 2006

Victim 'glad' as church pervert jailed -- September 2, 2006

The Magdalene Sisters: -- August 25, 2006

Contradicting the Bishop -- August 23, 2006

Paedophile priests are not confined to the Catholic Church. -- August 20, 2006

Gene slur on victims of Church child abuse -- August 15, 2006

ABUSE BY CLERGY IN THE USA? -- August 14, 2006

Campaigning nun attacks ?unequal? Irish society -- August 14, 2006

GERRY KELLY AND THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS. -- August 10, 2006

CHURCH AND CHILD ABUSE -- August 10, 2006

Clerical abuse in largest diocese 'much worse than Ferns outrage' -- August 7, 2006

Kicking the church more fun than facing real problems -- August 7, 2006

ARTANE: MARY RAFTERY ACCUSES AND CHRISTIAN BROTHERS REPLY -- August 4, 2006

Activist ?helped fabricate? claims against Brothers. -- July 30, 2006

MARY RAFTERY AND BROTHER JOSEPH O'CONNOR -- July 28, 2006

THE DEATH OF PATSY FLANAGAN: Blood Libel and the Christian Brothers -- July 26, 2006

Religious order leaves Cappagh hospital -- July 22, 2006

Bishops rebel as cardinal defends aide over ?affairs? -- July 20, 2006

Bishop denies difficulty over shortage of priests -- July 19, 2006

Secret house for 'immoral' clergy set up in the 1940s -- July 10, 2006

Religious Institutions -- July 8, 2006

Campaign to canonise child care reformer -- July 7, 2006

Giving cheap labour to industrial schools -- July 2, 2006

Oblates 'made mistakes' in caring for young offenders -- June 26, 2006

Charity commissioners block abuse payouts by Franciscans -- June 25, 2006

?John Charles McQuaid, Ruler of Catholic Ireland?. -- June 23, 2006

Christian Brothers correct abuse figures -- June 22, 2006

John Cooney and John Charles McQuaid (2) -- June 22, 2006

John Cooney and John Charles McQuaid (1) -- June 22, 2006

Christian Brothers played a blinder -- June 21, 2006

Priest condemned committal system -- June 20, 2006

Thank you to the Brothers -- June 19, 2006

Child abuse inquiry told of 'striking deference' to religious -- June 16, 2006

Brothers to quit schools after two centuries -- June 9, 2006

Dramatic U-turn for order on abuse in boys' reformatory -- June 7, 2006

Order apologises to former residents -- June 7, 2006

Church denial of truth over abuse must end -- June 6, 2006

Abuse likely took place, Oblate Order admits -- June 6, 2006

Defrocking of priests 'doesn't protect children' -- June 5, 2006

Christian Brothers should not take a beating -- June 4, 2006

Churches are conspicuous by their silence -- June 3, 2006

Priest raped 13-year-old girl in sacristy of church -- June 1, 2006

Sisters of Charity not to apologise -- June 1, 2006

NO APOLOGY, SAY'S IRISH SISTERS OF CHARITY -- May 31, 2006

More clerical abuse 'may be uncovered' -- May 30, 2006

Sexual misconduct claim against priest -- May 29, 2006

Effects of child abuse exaggerated, says priest -- May 28, 2006

It's time we punished the Brothers for their crimes -- May 28, 2006

Brothers' baloney -- May 27, 2006

Religious accused of 'rowing back' on apologies -- May 27, 2006

'Them and us' attitude only adds to hurt of clerical abuse victims -- May 27, 2006

Great boys, the Brothers -- May 27, 2006

Sligo priest looking forward to resuming duties -- May 27, 2006

Brothers' excuses wear thin -- May 25, 2006

Brother's position at Marino questioned -- May 25, 2006

Order admits failure in abuse cases -- May 25, 2006

Lenihan denies 'singling out' church -- May 25, 2006

Teacher's tenure indefensible: Brother -- May 24, 2006

Brother agrees abusing did not impede careers -- May 24, 2006

Victims angered by Christian Brothers? abuse accusation -- May 23, 2006

Christian Brothers reject claim of systematic abuse -- May 23, 2006

Victim anger as Brothers claim abuse conspiracy -- May 23, 2006

Brother questions big jump in abuse claims -- May 23, 2006

Christian Brothers dispute abuse evidence -- May 22, 2006

Rigid Catholic Church still has our children in its clutches -- May 21, 2006

Founder of church sect in abuse shock -- May 20, 2006

Bishop also showed honesty and integrity -- May 18, 2006

Sisters confirm probe into school sex abuse -- May 18, 2006

'Embargo on affection' at notorious nuns' school -- May 17, 2006

Dominican priest given suspended sentence for abusing boy -- May 17, 2006

Abuse inquiry told nuns had 'embargo on affection' -- May 17, 2006

Abuse inquiry questions obedience vow -- May 16, 2006

Sisters of Mercy deny claim of abuse at school -- May 16, 2006

Priest was victim of a deliberate slander -- May 15, 2006

HOLY CRUSADER -- May 13, 2006

Protection of children now contained in Church's constitution -- May 11, 2006

Well-fed priests left brutalised school boys cold and hungry -- May 10, 2006

Pressure on the Bishop -- May 2, 2006

Church in Ireland 'lacks credibility' -- April 29, 2006

'Strained' bishop on sick leave -- April 29, 2006

TRAGIC PETER: BISHOP SPEAKS -- April 26, 2006

Pledge to sex abuse victims as new bishop is ordained -- April 24, 2006

Monsignor Denis Brennan to be ordained Bishop of Ferns today -- April 23, 2006

THE DEATH OF PATSY FLANAGAN: Blood Libel and the Christian Brothers -- April 22, 2006

Church not the only loser in fallout from tragic Limerick man?s death -- April 22, 2006

Comiskey set to avoid ordination of his successor -- April 22, 2006

Moving scenes at prayer service for sex abuse victims -- April 21, 2006

Bishop details sequence of meetings to discuss abuse claim -- April 21, 2006

Bishop refuses to resign over handling of abuse case -- April 21, 2006

Abuse victim in court on public order charges -- April 20, 2006

Diocese admits it failed victim of abuse -- April 20, 2006

Priest in sex abuse row was subject of another complaint -- April 19, 2006

Comiskey to avoid Ferns ceremony -- April 19, 2006

Unholy row over Mass invite to Protestants -- April 19, 2006

Comiskey confesses: I have now found peace -- April 18, 2006

The "Catholic ethos" is not to blame for what happened at Drogheda Hospital, writes Bishop Donal Murray. -- April 17, 2006

Ireland has become a country fit for heathens, warns archbishop -- April 17, 2006

Bishop Comiskey to give eulogy at Kavanagh funeral -- April 17, 2006

Priest in clear over sex claim -- April 16, 2006

Church's failings 'are like betrayal by Judas' -- April 15, 2006

Archbishop used priest spies to monitor UCD think-club -- April 10, 2006

State to review Church guidelines on child abuse -- April 9, 2006

Church structures 'may have added to abuse' -- April 7, 2006

Accused priests urged to seek legal advice -- April 5, 2006

Shortage of priests 'leaves church in crisis' -- April 2, 2006

Time the church engaged young people again -- April 1, 2006

Archbishop had him fired over 'obscene' book -- March 31, 2006

Diocese tries to stop court action by former secretary -- March 31, 2006

Priests and sexual abuse -- March 27, 2006

Pilgrims carry floral tributes to paedophile priest's grave -- March 24, 2006

Brothers dispute council's orders on land -- March 23, 2006

CHURCH POLICY ON CHILD ABUSE -- March 22, 2006

Irish hierarchy reluctantly sent minutes to Rome -- March 21, 2006

Future of Marino is brighter with new Trinity link -- March 21, 2006

Church abuse moves 'are welcomed' -- March 14, 2006

Catholic child protection policy not in use in North -- March 14, 2006

The church clearance sale -- March 11, 2006

Best bosses to work for -- March 10, 2006

INTO queries independence of Marino report -- March 10, 2006

Knock priest criticises rule on clerical celibacy -- March 10, 2006

'Over-strict' abuse guidelines anger priests -- March 9, 2006

Marino report -- March 8, 2006

O'Toole alleges a 'reign of terror' at Marino institute -- March 8, 2006

Marino head was questioned for second report -- March 8, 2006

Update shows 102 priests in Dublin accused of child abuse -- March 8, 2006

Marino college crisis deepens as report criticises department -- March 7, 2006

Bullying report at Dublin teacher college ?a whitewash? -- March 5, 2006

Second lecturer quits at troubled training college -- March 4, 2006

Hanafin uneasy at Marino controversy -- March 3, 2006

Marino teacher training college crisis deepens -- February 28, 2006

Abuse 'far worse than expected' -- February 21, 2006

Bishops awaiting green light on new child abuse policy -- February 20, 2006

The laity must take lead role, in Church - Martin -- February 20, 2006

Religion question of following path to self-discovery -- February 20, 2006

Nun on the run who made order out of religious chaos -- February 19, 2006

Sisters of Mercy do not accept abuse claims -- February 17, 2006

Lay people urged to help with parishes -- February 17, 2006

THE CHURCH, THE MEDIA AND ABUSE ALLEGATIONS -- February 15, 2006

Priest urges review of suspension policy -- February 14, 2006

THE CHURCH AND THE MEDIA -- February 14, 2006

Catholics subject to insensitivity -- February 13, 2006

Removing priest 'condemns him in public ' -- February 13, 2006

Eamonn Casey has nothing to apologise for -- February 12, 2006

Bishop Walsh warns of monarchical leadership style in church -- February 11, 2006

Casey at centre of row over priest -- February 11, 2006

Casey 'deeply sorry' for causing hurt -- February 10, 2006

We all owe a real debt of gratitude to the women in black -- February 9, 2006

O'Donnell denies plotting against Catholic Church -- February 6, 2006

Strandhill/Ransboro priest faces allegations -- February 5, 2006

Bishops still using 'dynamics of denial' over abuse -- February 3, 2006

Not in name of Catholicism -- February 2, 2006

Priestly life is absurd -- January 29, 2006

Church throws out its integrity with the baby's bath water -- January 22, 2006

Casey still at centre of garda probe -- January 21, 2006

Bishop Casey to come back from his exile -- January 21, 2006

Leave the priest alone -- January 20, 2006

Priest will not face charges over claims -- January 19, 2006

Celibacy row rages after priest fathers child -- January 19, 2006

Time to put celibacy issue to bed in name of the fathers -- January 19, 2006

Retired priest facing child abuse probe -- January 19, 2006

Priest started affair when woman was 22 -- January 19, 2006

The 'unfortunate' life and times of children in the care of the Brothers -- January 14, 2006

Emotional nuns apologise for hurt caused to children -- January 11, 2006

Boy died after being beaten by industrial school Brother -- January 11, 2006

What the politicians should do when they meet the bishops -- January 7, 2006

CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CHILD ABUSE GUIDELINES -- January 2, 2006

CATHOLIC CHURCH'S NEW GUIDELINES -- December 23, 2005

Church still has not learned -- December 22, 2005

CATHOLIC CHURCH'S NEW GUIDELINES ON CHILD PROTECTION -- December 22, 2005

Priest charged with sex assault on girl -- December 22, 2005

Diocese paid out ?130,000 to abuse victims in 2004 -- December 21, 2005

This child protection policy is to be welcomed -- December 20, 2005

Clerical abuse to be probed by lay experts -- December 20, 2005

Archbishop pledges to make church 'safe for children' -- December 20, 2005

Activist nun in line for award -- December 19, 2005

Church child abuse guide revamped -- December 19, 2005

Catholic priests should be allowed to marry. -- December 18, 2005

Sisters still say no surrender to the spreading concrete sprawl -- December 18, 2005

Priest allowed bail pending sentence -- December 9, 2005

CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CHILD ABUSE -- December 9, 2005

Ferns shakeout will make the Church more humble, say Redemptorists -- December 8, 2005

Man sues Franciscans and State in abuse case -- December 8, 2005

Archbishop welcomes State inquiries into alleged abuses -- December 8, 2005

Lift-off for child protection trainers 'a critical step in making Church safe' -- December 6, 2005

Protection policy tops Catholic agenda -- December 6, 2005

Casey allegation 'lacks foundation' -- December 6, 2005

Limerick diocese to deal with Bishop Casey probe -- December 6, 2005

Priest stands aside after complaint -- December 5, 2005

Were religious-run homes adequately funded? -- December 5, 2005

BISHOP'S REPUTATION ALREADY TARNISHED -- December 5, 2005

Primate stresses efforts to stop abuse -- December 5, 2005

Casey says he's 'devastated' by claims of 'family friend' -- December 4, 2005

Protest at treatment of whistle-blower priests -- December 3, 2005

HOMOSEXUALITY AND PRIESTHOOD -- December 3, 2005

I WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS -- November 30, 2005

Diocese of Ferns to face ?5m bill for child abuse -- November 30, 2005

Ex-nun in botched rape case bids to clear name -- November 29, 2005

Martin celebrates Mass in Latin as ban eases -- November 28, 2005

Bishop's house may be sold to pay claims -- November 28, 2005

Ferns used to tar all -- November 28, 2005

CATHOLIC CHURCH MUST CONFRONT DISTORTED VIEW OF SEXUALITY -- November 28, 2005

Catholic Church and child abuse -- November 27, 2005

The days of sex, secrets, scandal and shame at the seminary -- November 27, 2005

Jesuits have not a single trainee priest in Ireland -- November 26, 2005

GIVING CHURCHES DUE CREDIT -- November 26, 2005

Church will not banish gay priests, says archbishop -- November 25, 2005

PRIESTS AND CELIBACY -- November 25, 2005

CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CHILD ABUSE -- November 24, 2005

CHURCH AND SEX ABUSE -- November 23, 2005

The church shelters child molesters and accused child molesters -- November 21, 2005

Archbishop moves a step closer to God -- November 20, 2005

Brosnan: ?priest drove my mum from Ireland? -- November 20, 2005

Maynooth determined to emerge from shadows -- November 17, 2005

Confronting the Church -- November 17, 2005

New light cast on Church's integrated education stance -- November 16, 2005

"The many battles, mostly lost, between State and Church -- November 16, 2005

Vatican's silence on Ferns criticised -- November 16, 2005

100 protest outside primate's residence -- November 16, 2005

Protesters demand church 'reparation' for dismissed cleric -- November 16, 2005

State 'must probe Elphin sex claims' -- November 16, 2005

Why our priests need our backing -- November 16, 2005

Archbishop Se?n Brady in Armagh. -- November 15, 2005

Church and education -- November 15, 2005

Bishop let cousin in sex probe work on as priest -- November 15, 2005

US victims may sue Irish training dioceses -- November 15, 2005

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE STATE AND EDUCATION -- November 15, 2005

Armagh protest over bishops' inaction -- November 14, 2005

THE POWERS OF CANON LAW AND STATE LAW -- November 14, 2005

Church and State - Review of clerical role is long overdue -- November 12, 2005

The bishops and Bertie -- November 12, 2005

Bishop backs end to Church's 'cosy' dealings with State -- November 12, 2005

D?il deputies quietly bury the institutional Church -- November 12, 2005

Bishop welcomes discussion on schools -- November 11, 2005

The Catholic Church must account for its sins -- November 11, 2005

Religious orders pay ?8.2m to abuse fund -- November 10, 2005

BISHOPS' GUIDELINES ON ABUSE -- November 10, 2005

Church set for more abuse shame -- November 9, 2005

Senior church leaders to face new probe -- November 9, 2005

Church handling of abuse cases to be examined -- November 9, 2005

CHILD SEX ABUSE BY CLERGY -- November 9, 2005

CANON LAW AND CHURCH'S ATTITUDE TO PAEDOPHILIA -- November 8, 2005

God's message diluted by abuse -- November 7, 2005

Church view of sexuality queried -- November 7, 2005

REPORT ON FERNS ABUSE -- November 7, 2005

Many Christian Brothers pupils sing a sadder song -- November 6, 2005

Advice on Ferns diocesan bill sought -- November 5, 2005

COVERAGE OF FERNS REPORT -- November 5, 2005

"Reality of church role in schools" -- November 4, 2005

Sligo priest under probe -- November 4, 2005

Ferns diocese silent on claim it sent ?100,000 legal bill -- November 4, 2005

CATHOLIC CHURCH'S ROLE IN SCHOOL MANAGEMENT -- November 4, 2005

Priests were put on a pedestal but now need to learn from critics -- November 3, 2005

Cleric recalls his 'worst nightmare' of false child abuse claims -- November 3, 2005

Bishop delayed handing over files to probe despite doubts -- November 3, 2005

Priest accused of child sex abuse is still serving -- November 3, 2005

CANON LAW AND THE FERNS CLERICAL ABUSE INQUIRY -- November 3, 2005

140 more priests are accused of sex abuse -- November 2, 2005

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