tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post8016149268677237488..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: IRELANDFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-17638517895558176762011-01-08T12:16:47.729+00:002011-01-08T12:16:47.729+00:00Sadie is quite correct. Bishop O'Mahony, a re...Sadie is quite correct. Bishop O'Mahony, a retired auxiliary bishop, also criticized "the acceptance by media and current diocesan policy that a 'cover-up' took place" in his Letter to Members of the Council of Priests. He pointed to a police investigation, in 2003, which found no sign of interference with evidence and no attempt to obstruct the course of justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-27606028197303378072010-10-12T21:40:06.147+01:002010-10-12T21:40:06.147+01:00I agree with your assessment Father and like other...I agree with your assessment Father and like others here take issue with Steve's interpretation.<br /><br />Boston's tedious correspondence on their abusers which I found on line and presumably published from the archives is characterised by an air of insouciance. There was no hint of a cover-up. If there had been more concern about the Church's "image" (not less), this Sadie Vacantisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823532366874114366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-7548494404803786902010-10-12T14:31:28.627+01:002010-10-12T14:31:28.627+01:00Well put, Father! As with many other matters in mo...Well put, Father! As with many other matters in modern times there is a tendency today to make the Church the whipping boy for all the sins of the past. People are so ‘enlightened’ today that they cannot see how bad decisions might have been made in good faith or how “what we knew then” factored into how we acted then.<br /><br />It is easy to judge when one has not lived in the atmosphere of theGORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-71882471988952489432010-10-11T19:42:49.634+01:002010-10-11T19:42:49.634+01:00Following what Steve & Sue Sims said ... it sh...Following what Steve & Sue Sims said ... it should be noted that for every member of the Church hierarchy who knew about each individual case of abuse there were dozens in the wider community who also knew; police, doctors, teachers, social workers, community leaders, neighbours, family members. When the Church 'covered up' the abuse by moving the offending priest, it was done with Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112119118958158131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-35823955304889536322010-10-11T18:33:41.565+01:002010-10-11T18:33:41.565+01:00Steve: I know this is the standard trope ('mai...Steve: I know this is the standard trope ('maintain power and prestige'), and it may be true in many cases. However, having seen this scenario not in the Church but at a school where I was teaching, it's not as simple as that.<br /><br />Many years ago, one of my colleagues was accused by a sixth-former of raping her at a party. He'd been at the party - a somewhat drunken affair, Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868265477624790008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-20357404409460276422010-10-11T13:32:59.883+01:002010-10-11T13:32:59.883+01:00The problem was not the pastoral approach or the l...The problem was not the pastoral approach or the leniency - as you very rightly say, nobody at the time had any reason to know better. The problem was the cover-ups to maintain the power and prestige of the RC Church in Ireland. Until this is properly acknowledged (in Rome as well as in Ireland) the saga will, tragically, run on and on.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367545445575135099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-1952144575182160822010-10-11T13:14:12.495+01:002010-10-11T13:14:12.495+01:00That there is an anti-church agenda being pursued ...That there is an anti-church agenda being pursued by the self-appointed forces of secularism in Ireland is beyond dispute. The shocking disparity of coverage between the Irish media and the British of the Holy Father's visit is further proof, should anyone need it (see the 23 Sep edition of the Irish Catholic at http://www.irishcatholic.ie/site/content/archive for details). <br /><br />It is Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112119118958158131noreply@blogger.com