Days In The Life

September 23rd, 1925

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September 23rd, 1925A Poor Relief Commission in 1925 heard conflicting evidence over whether industrial schools or “boarding out” with families was better for “destitute” children. The manager of Artane Industrial School and secretary of the Industrial Schools Association, Brother P O’Ryan, put their case.BROTHER O’RYAN, referring to authoritative statements on the work of industrial schools

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2010-10-10T18:45:00.001+01:00

Recent UploadsAndrew Brennan added 53 photos to Ballinasloe Horse Fair 2010 Oct 9, 2010 10:41:49 AM Post CommentUnsubscribe from this user. To share your photos or receive notification when your friends share photos, get your own free Picasa Web Albums account.

Holy Watergate - Watch the Documentary Film for Free | Watch Free Documentaries Online | SnagFilms

2010-04-03T19:05:00.000+01:00

Holy Watergate - Watch the Documentary Film for Free | Watch Free Documentaries Online | SnagFilms

Jersey: Island of Secrets (BBC Panorama)

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Bertie Goes

2008-04-02T16:53:00.000+01:00

"On behalf of the State and of all citizens of the State, the Government wishes to make a sincere and long overdue apology to the victims of childhood abuse for our collective failure to intervene, to detect their pain, to come to their rescue." Bertie Ahern 1999

Kick McQuaid

2008-03-17T16:55:00.000Z

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The Cardinal Connell Child Sex Abuse Files

2008-02-14T07:54:00.000Z

A Very Busy Man

2008-02-05T09:12:00.000Z

Connell WAS BUSY DOING DEALS WITH SOLICITORS AND INSURERS !!!! 16 YEARS WORTH OF CORRESPONDENCE [0ver 60,000 documents SO FAR] and 5,000 OTHER DOCUMENTS which he wants to remain UNREAD, KEPT IN THE DARK. 65,000 documents over 16 years is an average of 4060 documents a year or 11 separate and different documents a day --- EVERY DAY FOR 16 YEARS. NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL BUSY !!!

McQuaid

2008-01-11T12:04:00.001Z

ArchBigot McQuaid

The Very First Christmas I Remember.

2007-12-16T20:36:00.000Z

I was probably eight years old and had being placed, by the nuns, with a family in Blackrock, Co. Dublin for the holiday period. The family's name was Windass, and Mrs Windass was the mother of a new born baby, Christopher. Even now I think of how awesome a thing it was that they would open their home to me for Christmas when they had a little baby to look after. It couldn't have been an easy

McQuaid - Ruler of Catholic Ireland

2007-12-05T15:38:00.000Z

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Suicidal behaviour linked to industrial schooling

2007-11-24T13:57:00.000Z

Researchers have found high levels of suicidal behaviour and mental health problems among former residents of industrial schools and reformatories, writes Carl O'Brien , Social Affairs Correspondent A study commissioned by the Health Service Executive's (HSE) National Office for Suicide Prevention found that abuse of alcohol and drugs, along with social isolation, were common among former

A Horse Laughs

2007-10-24T17:57:00.001+01:00

This Photo Brightened My Day."and then 'e says 'why the long face?' HAW HAW HAW" Originally uploaded by wackocatho

Report vital if Church to be held accountable for actions

2007-08-11T07:47:00.000+01:00

There have been three events of some significance since my article, a fortnight ago, about Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and the 1962 Report on Artane by Father Henry Moore. The first and most important concerns the Archbishop. In response to a letter that Jim Beresford sent him, dated July 29 and referring to the article, the Archbishop promised that an immediate copy would be sent to him by

Such Devoted Sisters

2007-07-15T11:47:00.000+01:00

Victim of abuse cannot pursue action for damages

2007-07-07T08:05:00.000+01:00

Victim of abuse cannot pursue action for damagesMary Carolan A man whose life was blighted after he was seriously physically and sexually abused at a residential school operated by the Brothers of Charity cannot proceed with an action for damages against the State and Southern Health Board (SHB), the High Court has decided. Because a settlement of £28,000, secured by John Barrett (53) in a

The Demolition of St. Theresa's Gardens

2007-06-27T14:55:00.000+01:00

So St. Theresa's Gardens are being demolished ,,, well that's a good thing as far as I am concerned. While this place will be obliterated from the face of the earth - the memories of sexual abuse - rape - grinding poverty will live on.I will not forget the abuse I suffered at the hands of those who were, in the least, supposed to be my main protectors. So much for being ONE-HAPPY-FAMILY. It

Cheating abuse victims

2007-04-26T19:01:00.000+01:00

Cheating abuse victims Ron McCartan broke down and cried in Court Number 4 at the Four Courts in Dublin last Tuesday as his family gathered around to comfort him. It had been a seven-year battle, but was a moment he had yearned for almost his entire life. It was also a moment which should have the most profound implications for the largest compensation scheme ever established in this country,

Time is no healer for us

2007-04-10T11:10:00.000+01:00

Time is no healer for us - we.....heal.....slowly, if at all.We make no...demands on ourselves except to.....survive.We have come from ..... those places to here.We don't forget...ever.We are asked to forgive....To forgive those who deny our truths...We CANNOT forgive THEM...We will NOT forgive them.....ever.

77 GRAVES in LETTERFRACK.

2007-04-07T07:50:00.000+01:00

No matter how fine and warm and sunny the day is, no matter the bursting through from the soil of beautiful spring flowers like the bluebell and the lemony polyanthus, no matter how sweet and fresh the air is, and how freshly green the new spring buds appear on the boughs you actually don't have to remind yourself how STARK the sight is you are seeing .77 GRAVES in LETTERFRACK.ALL YOUNG

LOVE is no more

2007-04-01T12:55:00.000+01:00

LOVE is never having to say you're sorry, but if you do, you don't have to mean it. LOVE is never having to admit to physical abuse. LOVE is never having to admit to sexual abuse.LOVE is never having to admit to psychological abuse. LOVE is never having to admit to illtreatment of abandoned children. LOVE is never having to admit to cruelty to children. LOVE is never having to admit to the

It's a hell of a thing when the Pope starts preaching about damnation

2007-04-01T12:48:00.000+01:00

Sunday Independent April 1st 2007 THE majority of a group of undergraduates, 90 per cent or so of whom claimed to be Roman Catholics, admitted at a debate in Dublin City University last week that they had no knowledge of the content or meaning of the Angelus. As always when in conversation with people who profess to be Roman Catholics, I was shocked, but not surprised. It has long been

St. Patrick Driving The Snakes Out Of Ireland

2007-03-16T12:35:00.000Z

Gimme Shelter

2007-03-14T11:41:00.000Z

Gimme Shelter

Fly Away

2007-03-03T08:07:00.000Z

Lyrics By NellyOriginal Picture Here:> ABBYMH1022

Why Apologise?

2007-02-18T08:05:00.000Z

THE Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, and the Redress Board, are winding down their operations and tidying up some of the loose ends connected with their work, including that of the Investigation Committee. This has borne the brunt of the inquiry process and is chaired by Judge Sean Ryan. Last October, the Investigation Committee was asked by Noel Barry, of Right of Place, whether the

Collateral Interference: Rock and Politic through the Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

2006-12-06T21:46:00.000Z

Collateral Interference: Rock and Politic through the Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

A PENNY FOR A PENANCE by Eddie Holt

2006-11-25T12:37:00.000Z

... Connect: It's 55 years since the "penny catechism" was first published. Sometimes known as "McQuaid's catechism", the green-covered book "approved by the archbishops and bishops of Ireland" has sold 32,000 copies since its re-publication 10 years ago. Like the Faith of Our Fathers CD that became a bestseller a decade ago, the catechism appeals to traditionalists and nostalgics. In 1951, when

Magdalen Haunting

2006-11-22T20:02:00.000Z

The Science and Art of Impaling Cows

2006-11-12T17:09:00.000Z

It's a long-standing belief that if you sneak up on a cow while they're sleeping and push their big bodies on one side really hard, a cow will literally tip over. This is an ancient game called "Sneaking Up On The Cow, Tipping it over, Raising it high and then Impaling it on some nearby railings. " I've heard many stories on this ancient peasant pastime. Many have told me that they successfully

Thank you.

2006-11-11T09:12:00.000Z

Why shouldn't I possess a private eagerness, an anticipation all of my own, Such that it crams every corner of my soul. And I had sworn I would never again open the door Of my senses to any outward appeal. But I have not kept that vow and this dismays me. Even though I, again, have tasted The tangible loveliness of life, Seen colours as pristine as the beginning of life .... and love. Passion

Curtin case will proceed

2006-11-07T10:01:00.000Z

Chairman 'determined' Curtin case will proceedMiriam Donohoe, Political Staff 07/11/2006The chairman of the Oireachtas committee set up to investigate alleged misconduct by Circuit Court Judge Brian Curtin said last night he is "determined" the committee will proceed and complete its work despite a delay in the start of official private hearings yesterday. The hearings were adjourned for a week

Letterfrack: Founded on Fear

2006-10-31T08:45:00.000Z

Peter TyrrellBrothers should be contrite by Mary RafteryPrimo Levi, the Italian writer who gave us probably the most compelling account of life and death in a German concentration camp, told of a recurring nightmare common among inmates. He and his fellow sufferers at Auschwitz dreamt of a time in the future when they were free and were trying to tell people of the horrors in the camps, of the

While Stocks Last

2006-09-30T11:54:00.000+01:00

Good Times - Bad Times

2006-09-09T18:01:00.000+01:00

Irrational Fear?

2006-09-08T20:19:00.000+01:00

Recurring Nightmare

2006-08-13T21:34:00.000+01:00

Photo by MERAL AKBULUT

Mosaic

2006-07-29T11:15:00.000+01:00

We were not responsible says Sisters of Charity

2006-07-23T12:21:00.000+01:00

For over a decade a group of children at St Joseph's industrial school in Kilkenny were abused. The Sisters of Charity and the then Minister for Education covered up that abuse and the order of nuns now refuses to take responsibility for what happened. By Mary RafterySome of the most startling revelations to have emerged from the recent public hearings of the Child Abuse Commission concern an

Obey

2006-07-22T03:37:00.000+01:00

Breakfast at the Vatican

2006-07-21T22:08:00.000+01:00

Breakfast At The Vatican

Deliver Us from Evil

2006-06-30T22:20:00.000+01:00

When Amy Berg decided to hang out a shingle and produce feature documentaries two years ago, she wasn't quite sure what subject might both consume her interest and hit a nerve with audiences. Berg, a Los Angeles native, began her career in local radio, moved into local news at KCBS and segued to a gig producing investagative reports for CNN. She received Emmys for a sports documentary and a

ISPCC colluded in the sanctified abuse of children

2006-06-25T07:33:00.000+01:00

PUBLIC HEARING: Paul Gilligan of the ISPCC was questioned last week by the Commission to Inquire into Child AbuseTHERE is a horrible irony in the old Dublin terminology used for officers from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, now the Irish Society, formerly the National Society. They were known as the "cruelty men", while officials and volunteers with the Society of St

Striking Back

2006-06-23T22:06:00.001+01:00

Great to see survivors striking back

Church denial of truth over abuse must end

2006-06-06T19:52:00.000+01:00

It is time the Catholic Church and its apologists acknowledged the scale of what happened at the Daingean and Lusk reformatories, writes Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent The most obdurate of the religious congregations which managed residential institutions for children will appear before the investigation committee of the Commission

My Blood on the Daisies

2006-06-05T22:31:00.000+01:00

Blood on the Daisies Originally uploaded by The Knitter. In St. Patrick's in Kilkenny there was a game a nun used to play using a hurley stick and a sliothar. Sometimes us children were allowed to play in a green area, called the Parade, at the back of the Institution. The Parade contained swings, climbing frames, a see-saw, and benches; and woe betide any child who dared to use these. Mostly

MINUTE AND EXACT DETAILS

2006-06-05T06:49:00.000+01:00

The sisters of charity had TWO nuns employed FULL-TIME filling in the PUNISHMENT BOOKS.This Book had a big E&OE stamp on it's wine-coloured cover. It was stated at the commission this week that if a child wet his bed he was made to stand by his bed for 4 or 10 minutes, then he was slapped and he had to carry his own sheets down to the laundry. In a dormitory of with 100 boys no child is going to

Time to look at writing an entirely new constitution

2006-06-05T06:44:00.000+01:00

Monday June 5th 2006 Irish Independent SOMETHING more troubling than a statutory catastrophe was triggered when the Supreme Court struck down the 1935 law on the rape of minors. It has proved to be the catharsis for a plague of ills long festering and long ignored in Irish society. In Leinster House last Friday, the government was brandishing a legislative palliative to sedate its own

It's time we punished the Brothers for their crimes

2006-05-28T07:58:00.000+01:00

A CHILD has his jaw fractured; another is beaten with a stick; yet another receives a black eye. Not the result of a gangland attack, but the result of "punishment" meted out by one man who rejoices in the title of "Christian Brother". And a contemporary colleague, a Brother Seamus Nolan who is a member of the Order's leadership team in 2006, says he "can't understand it". There are other

Blood Daisy

2006-05-27T20:09:00.000+01:00

Times 5

2006-05-27T19:48:00.000+01:00

Portland Ground

2006-05-18T13:44:00.000+01:00

"Portland Ground: Pictures of Portland Oregon - Used under Creative Commons License"SEE MORE GREAT PICTURES FROM PORTLAND IN OREGON

In Another World

2006-05-14T20:59:00.000+01:00

The world that these "religious" orders occupied defies logic. They complain of the lack of funds they were paid from the State - this was something close to one-third of labourers wage for each child. These orders have said that they were getting a "miserable amount" for each child in capitation grants yet they were able to feed THEMSELVES very well on this "miserable amount" despite the

Public Hearings Phase III

2006-04-27T11:40:00.000+01:00

Phase III public hearings of the Investigation Committee of the Commission are due to commence on Thursday 4th May, 2006 and continue until June 20th. The venue for the hearings is the Mezzanine Suite, Herbert Park Hotel, Embassy House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The hearings will commence at 10-30am each day and further details of the location can be obtained at www.herbertparkhotel.ie/location.As

Training To Be A Christian Brother (From The Christian Brothers Basic Training Manual)

2006-04-25T17:54:00.000+01:00

Start with a cage containing five Christian Brothers novices. In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put stairs under it. Before long, one of the novices will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the Banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the novices with cold water. After a while, another novice makes an attempt with the same result - all the novices are sprayed

Days In The Life: 2003/01 - 2003/01

2006-04-24T08:42:00.000+01:00

Days In The Life: 2003/01 - 2003/01

Going Home Through The Fields

2006-04-08T13:40:00.000+01:00

Going Home Through The Fields Originally uploaded by therawnerve. This is my son Jake, he's only seven years old and very much into the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.

Dickhead & Holier Than Thou

2006-02-14T20:39:00.000Z

PATSY FLANAGAN: Who Is Responsible ....?

2006-02-05T14:42:00.000Z

Pope Publishes New Book

2006-02-03T20:12:00.000Z

My memories of beatings, intimidation and fear

2006-02-02T13:32:00.000Z

As the Sisters of Mercy made a public apology recently at the Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse to those whose childhoods were spent in the St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Dundalk, one woman has spoken out on her years in the orphanage. The 57 year old nurse, who now lives in London, was placed in the orphanage when she was just six months old and remained there until she was sixteen. “My memories

Evidence sheds a chink of light

2006-02-02T13:24:00.000Z

The Sisters of Mercy have apologised to the children who were in their care at St. Joseph’s Industrial School, Seatown Place, Dundalk, until its closure in 1983. In her evidence to the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, Sr Ann Marie McQuaid, Provincial leader of the Sisters of Mercy of the Northern Province of Ireland, said she wholeheartedly apologised “to any former resident of St. Joseph’

Conspiracy Theories

2006-01-31T19:39:00.000Z

Talk About A Witch Hunt

2006-01-29T15:06:00.000Z

Pastoral Visit

2006-01-26T02:50:00.000Z

Catalogue of Mayhem

2006-01-10T18:04:00.000Z

Evidence continues at child abuse inquiry 10 January 2006 17:41 The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has been hearing details of how a former Christian Brother was moved between three industrial schools in the 1950s and 1960s. The brother in question was known to be physically assaulting children. The man's violence was described as 'a catalogue of mayhem'. The commission heard details of

2006

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The ISPCC welcomes........

2005-12-19T18:26:00.000Z

The ISPCC has welcomed the new guidelines on child protection. The child protection society described the new guidelines as a progressive statement of the church's commitment to nurturing and protecting children.This is the organisation who worked hand in glove with the same church to steal children from their parents and hand them over to the abusing religious orders.

Helping The Police With Their Enquiries

2005-12-16T11:53:00.000Z

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Guinea Pigs Wanted

2005-11-26T14:58:00.000Z

Sometimes it seems our academics learn nothing. The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has spread the tentacles of its curiosity into the academic world, "inviting" University College Dublin to carry out a study of the long-term effects on those who were in the industrial school system. The research, if it happens, will involve around 400 men and women. It is being undertaken without

Government can't wash its hands ....

2005-11-20T08:14:00.000Z

Sunday Independent November 20th 2005 WHEN Bertie Ahern says that he gave the child sex abuse issue the highest priority during his two terms as Taoiseach, he is being disingenuous. What he has said is this: "I have put child protection in the context of sex abuse within religious institutions and by clergy at the forefront of the work of my term as Taoiseach. My record in

You're No Longer ....

2005-11-18T21:52:00.000Z

ADVENT - Patrick Kavanagh

2005-11-15T13:14:00.000Z

We have tested and tasted too much, lover-Through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder.But here in the Advent-darkened roomWhere the dry black bread and the sugarless teaOf penance will charm back the luxuryOf a child's soul, we'll return to DoomThe knowledge we stole but could not use. And the newness that was in every stale thingWhen we looked at it as children: the

Public Meeting at The Talbot Hotel in Wexford this Thursday, November 10th at 7pm

2005-11-07T21:33:00.000Z

One in Four, the national charity that supports women and men who have experienced sexual abuse and/or sexual violence, will hold a public meeting at The Talbot Hotel in Wexford this Thursday, November 10th at 7pm. The event has been arranged in the wake of the recently published Ferns Report. The meeting will provide an opportunity for the public to engage with the charity, which has been

The Good Priest

2005-11-07T11:25:00.000Z

HOTPRESS

Schools inspector who knew about sex offences did not alert gardai to crimes

2005-11-02T13:10:00.000Z

THE State inspector of industrial schools failed to tell gardai of a sex abuse case she knew of in 1954. This is the first time it has come out that Dr Anna McCabe, a Department of Education employee, was aware of sex abuse at an industrial school. The Child Abuse Commission yesterday heard disturbing evidence concerning St Joseph's Industrial School, Kilkenny, run by the Sisters of Charity.

Church is guilty of institutional criminality

2005-10-30T09:43:00.000Z

Sunday Times: Comment: Brenda Power: Nobody who worked in the old Irish Press will forget Brendan Comiskey for one particularly pious and arrogant piece of grandstanding. The newspaper’s television reviewer had made a light-hearted comment about the then-imminent birth of the singer Madonna’s first baby, and expressed the hope that this infant didn’t cause as much trouble as the son born to a

Abused men at risk of suicide, warns One In Four

2005-10-29T06:29:00.000+01:00

A large number of men who were sexually abused in the past are at risk from suicide, a support group said today. One in Four said the percentage of men contacting its service for help was one of the highest in the world, with men accounting for 61% of all the individuals engaged in psychotherapy. "We see the impact of sexual violence can be self harm or actual suicide attempts," said director

Unnamed priests ‘identified’ by Greek letters

2005-10-26T15:43:00.000+01:00

By Jim Morahan Irish ExaminerTHE following nine priests were also investigated by the inquiry. Six of the priests against whom allegations of sexual abuse were made are dead.FR ALPHAA curate, he allegedly sexually abused three boys; Edward, then 15, over five years from 1974; Gavin, from age seven or eight into his teen years; Eric, then 15, in 1993. He denied all allegations, including a

Ferns report: executive summary

2005-10-26T15:37:00.000+01:00

The Ferns Inquiry identified more than 100 allegations of child sexual abuse made between 1962 and 2002 against 21 priests operating under the aegis of the Diocese of Ferns.* Six of the priests had died before any allegations of abuse were made against them. Three more died subsequent to the allegations. The nature of the response by the church authorities in the diocese of Ferns to allegations

Judge Curtin inquiry 'would not make judgments'

2005-10-24T17:10:00.000+01:00

Last updated: 24-10-05, 15:15 An Oireachtas inquiry into how Circuit Court Judge Brian Curtin came to be charged with possession of child pornography will make no judgments, the Supreme Court heard today. In a last-ditch effort to stop the Oireachtas committee investigation, lawyers for the Tralee judge told the court that the committee would not be able to issue any recommendations on his

Senior Ferns priests call for bishop to stand down

2005-10-23T09:02:00.000+01:00

Dearbhail McDonald Sunday TimesSOME senior priests have called for the removal of Eamon Walsh, the Bishop of Ferns, ahead of the publication of a devastating report into clerical sex abuse in the diocese this week. The priests, speaking on condition of anonymity, claim they have been “hung out to dry” by Walsh, who was appointed as caretaker bishop after the resignation of Brendan Comiskey three

Irish Times Cartoon

2005-10-21T21:35:00.000+01:00

The Irish Times Cartoon by Martyn Turner.

Howard transferred from North prison

2005-10-21T21:18:00.000+01:00

21 October 2005 19:42A convicted rapist and murderer whom gardaí wish to question about a number of serious crimes has been transferred from Northern Ireland to a prison in England. 61-year-old Robert Howard was taken from Maghaberry Prison this afternoon and flown from Belfast to Newcastle.The plane landed shortly before 4pm, and Howard was then driven to Frankland High Security Prison in

Ferns priests named in litany of shame

2005-10-21T19:24:00.000+01:00

TWENTY priests are indicted and two bishops castigated in the explosive Ferns report on child sex abuse. The report, by Judge Frank Murphy, details hundreds of child sex claims made against the 20 priests from the diocese. It also contains stinging criticisms of two bishops, the late Donal Herlihy and Brendan Comiskey. Ten of the priests cited have died, six have retired, three have been

Ferns Inquiry 'spin' should stop, says O'Gorman

2005-10-17T21:08:00.000+01:00

SPECULATION about the content of the imminent report into clerical sexual abuse in Wexford is not just inaccurate, it is also unhelpful, according to one of the support groups for victims involved in the probe. A series of newspaper reports in the past few days and increasing speculation as to the nature and content of the final report of the Ferns Inquiry due to be published shortly are "spin

Legal rip-off allegations a matter for gardai

2005-10-16T01:00:00.000+01:00

6 October 2005 By Vincent Browne - Sunday Business Post Solicitors should know a bit about the crime of fraudulent conversion, even though it is based on an Act of the British parliament of almost 90 years ago. It concerns a person entrusted with the transfer of any property fraudulently converting this property to his or her own use. Several solicitors have been in trouble with this over

Too much heat, not enough light on rip-off lawyer claims

2005-10-15T13:34:00.000+01:00

JIM BERESFORD is one of the victims of abuse in Artane in the 1960s. He rang me on Thursday after the fourth Joe Duffy programme dealing with the supposed iniquities of solicitors for the abused charging improperly. He told me the following:He had heard all the programmes. He rang Joe Duffy but was unable to get through. He was called back by the programme and asked whether he had something to

The troubleshooter: his tough stance alienated some priests

2005-10-15T13:11:00.000+01:00

THE troubleshooting bishop who found himself at the eye of the storm in his handling of the Ferns controversy is unlikely to take over in the diocese. Although Bishop Eamon Walsh is highly thought of within the upper echelons of the Catholic hierarchy, it is also felt that the tough decisions he took in Ferns are likely to have alienated him from some of the priests of the diocese. It had

'Academy of debauchery' was feared by its victims

2005-10-15T13:06:00.000+01:00

IT HAS been dubbed the "Cradle of Evil". Right at the heart of the clerical sex scandals is St Peter's College in Wexford town, where many of the priests involved in the allegations were trained - and where young boys were abused. The closed seminary has been one of the main focuses of the investigation, with revelations that a gay sex ring was operating at the college. While it once had a

Vatican in sex abuse cover-up

2005-10-15T12:49:00.000+01:00

THE VATICAN was fully aware of a despairing catalogue of child sex abuse in the Ferns Diocese for nearly 40 years. The searing revelation that the very highest levels in Rome knew of the litany of shame will rock the Church. But an inquiry into clerical misconduct in the diocese has found that not only did they know of the scandal, they also did nothing to stop it. Irish news sources have

The Bishop: Church keeps mum over disgraced prelate

2005-10-15T12:45:00.000+01:00

THE CATHOLIC Church is evading media questions about the current whereabouts of Dr Brendan Comiskey, who resigned as Bishop of Ferns in April 2002 after a BBC documentary on Fr Sean Fortune. Inquiries to the Ferns diocese are redirected to his Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary order, where copious messages go unanswered. Once the ebullient, liberal face of the Irish hierarchy, Comiskey fell

Countdown to a scandal: how the evil unfolded

2005-10-15T00:46:00.000+01:00

THE following is a chronology of the major events leading up to yesterday's report on the Ferns Inquiry. * April 1984: Tens of thousands of parishoners line the streets of Wexford to welcome Brendan Comiskey when he is appointed Bishop of Ferns. * Dec 1986: Waterford boy complains to Bishop of Ferns Brendan Comiskey about sexual abuse at hands of Fr Sean Fortune. * 1987: Bishop Comiskey

FEAR & LOATHING IN MARINO

2005-10-13T13:18:00.000+01:00

College hit by staff crisis as second head walks outTO lose one college head is unfortunate but to lose two and a couple of senior staff within a matter of months smacks of carelessness or worse. Teacher trainees returned to Colaiste Mhuire in Marino for classes this week only to find the college plunged into a series of new staffing problems. It's the last thing the college on Dublin's

IMAGINE - No code of ethics needed

2005-10-10T16:41:00.000+01:00

Imagine practicing law in a land where there is no code of ethics, simply because it is not needed.Imagine lawyers doubling as judges in order to keep the system movingImagine a system of law where parties do not confront witnesses and, where witnesses can telephone in their testimonyImagine a system of law that is universal, whose subjects are found all over the world, in every culture.This

Church drops silence clause in sex payouts

2005-10-10T16:17:00.000+01:00

Paige Taylor SOURCE The Australian 10 Oct 05 WHILE child migrants and other boys abused by the Christian Brothers have received a public apology, many victims were silenced by confidentiality clauses seeking to absolve the Catholic teaching order of liability. A deed of release between the Christian Brothers of Western Australia and a man whose former teacher was charged with abusing him

Trauma of Irish women used for sex acts by priests

2005-10-02T09:04:00.000+01:00

JEROME REILLY - Ireland Sunday Independent A LEADING campaigner on sexual abuse of adult women by the clergy says she has been contacted by ten women from the Republic including a nun who were sexually exploited by their priests. And Margaret Kennedy says what is portrayed as an "affair" between women and their priests is often just sexual exploitation and misconduct by a clergyman in a

Complaint Mr. Rory Connor REJECTED

2005-09-26T20:56:00.000+01:00

Ref: 132/05 Station: RTÉ Radio 1 Programme: Tonight with Vincent Browne Date: 22 June 2005 Complaint Summary: Mr. Connor’s complaint under Section 24(2)(a)(impartiality) and (b)(law & order, incitement to hatred) of the Broadcasting Act, 2001 relates to 'Tonight with Vincent Browne' programme. During this programme, Vincent Browne had a long interview with Kathy O’Beirne, author of the book

DE LA SALLE D-DAY

2005-09-22T18:16:00.000+01:00

Judge backs victims in £10m abuse fight - By Marion ScottTHE Scottish Executive could be forced to pay £10million compensation to hundreds of children who were abused in Scottish care homes. A judge ruled last week that there is sufficient evidence to show the Government failed to protect victims of the De La Salle List D schools.In the most significant legal victory for abuse victims, Lady Paton

Residence for Christian Brothers Abusers

2005-09-20T19:47:00.000+01:00

A convicted child molester is living "at a Christian Brothers residence about 100 miles north of New York City." The man, Ronald Justin Lasik, is a former parochial school teacher at a Canadian orphanage who, the judge in his trial noted, showed "a lack of remorse for sexually assaulting and beating seven boys in the 1950s." The judge also rejected a bid for leniency because of his age and