Revelations last week that the Primate of Ireland, Sean Brady (a cardinal) had administered oaths of secrecy to children who had been sexually abused by Brendan Smyth (a priest) led to calls from many Catholics for his resignation. Others were more supportive and thought a good man (Brady) was entitled to forgiveness for his mistake [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Catholic Opinion
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Pope says, blame the bishops, keep me out of it.
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Pope is patronising us. The BBC reported his letter as an apology butit was nothing of the kind, for he takes no responsibility at all for abuse or cover-up. He is sorry in the way he might be sorry for the Haitian earthquake, sorry it happened. The most distinctive feature of his pastoral letter [...]
Nantes Protest
Posted in Culture and Society, Religion on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this protest outside the church of St Nicolas in Nantes last week, March 13. The Catholics on the church steps were conducting a service around an icon, the protesters were objecting to Catholic teaching on abortion and women’s rights, and the police were in the middle. You can hear both the protest chanting [...]
Brady is a Coward
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sean Brady, the Catholic Primate of Ireland and a Cardinal, participated in a church tribunal in 1975 at which two sexually abused children were sworn to secrecy. The punishment for the priest who had raped them: he was stripped of his power to hear confessions and the Nortbertine order, of which he was a member, [...]
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