Archbishops 'Covered Up' Child Sex Abuse - Polidicks

[url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091126/twl-archbishops-covered-up-child-sex-abu-3fd0ae9.html]Source[/url] [quote]Four archbishops and the Irish police have been accused of covering up decades of crimes against hundreds of children by Catholic priests. A new report has said the Catholic hierarchy in Ireland was given immunity to conceal the sex abuse for decades. Authorities enjoyed a cosy relationship with the Church and did not enforce the law, said the Commission to Inquire into the Dublin Archdiocese. It uncovered evidence of a "don't ask, don't tell" policy throughout the Church. Hundreds of crimes against defenceless children from the 1960s to the 1990s were not reported, while the Irish police treated clergy as though they were above the law. The four archbishops, obsessed with secrecy and avoiding scandal, protected abusers and reputations at all costs. The four - John Charles McQuaid who died in 1973, Dermot Ryan who died in 1984, Kevin McNamara who died in 1987, and retired Cardinal Desmond Connell - did not hand over information on abusers. Even when Cardinal Connell gave 17 names to officers in 1995, the Commission later found there were 28 priests with allegations against them at that time. Irish Justice Minister, Dermot Ahern, pledged to bring offenders to court regardless of the time that has passed, and called on people to come forward with information. The current police chief, Fachtna Murphy, has apologised for the force's past failures to protect the victims. He said the report made for "difficult and disturbing reading". The primary loyalty of bishops and archbishops is to the Church, the commission report said. Bishop James Kavanagh, Bishop Dermot O'Mahony, Bishop Laurence Forristal and Bishop Donal Murray all knew about child abuse for many years. Another man who knew was disgraced Bishop Brendan Comiskey, a reformed alcoholic who failed to control paedophile priests when in charge of the Ferns Diocese. The inquiry, headed by Judge Yvonne Murphy, said the hierarchy cannot claim they did not know that child sex abuse was a crime. Cardinal Connell was credited for instigating two secret canon law trials which took place over the 30-year period and led to two priests being defrocked. Monsignor Gerard Sheehy, a powerful figure in the Catholic Archdiocese, one of the largest in Europe, fought to prevent the internal prosecutions. While the Dublin Archdiocese inquiry found no evidence of a paedophile ring, some of the most shocking findings included: :: One priest admitted sexually abusing more than 100 children. :: Another accepted he abused on a fortnightly basis during his 25-year ministry. :: One complaint was made against a priest who later admitted abusing at least six other children. :: It took Irish police 20 years to decide on a prosecution of one priest.[/quote] [img]http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/ne/skynews/20091126/18/979725415-archbishops-covered-child-sex-abuse.jpg[/img]

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Well shit, the catholic church is [b]JUST NOW[/b] coming out with this? Holy hell, it took them a while to come out of the alter boy dressing room.

Crazy Christians, always fiddling the kiddies.

[QUOTE=Musicfreak59;18584927]Well shit, the catholic church is [b]JUST NOW[/b] coming out with this? Holy hell, it took them a while to come out of the alter boy dressing room.[/QUOTE] It wasn't until 1999 or so for them to apologize for the whole Galileo thing.

Wow this was a total surprise I would have never guessed that catholics would do that I mean their reputation on that sort of thing is so good.

[QUOTE=BANNED USER;18584954]It wasn't until 1999 or so for them to apologize for the whole Galileo thing.[/QUOTE] They still haven't apologized about the HUNDREDS of other scientists. :colbert:

Is that last one wearing makeup?

Prepare for the anti-catholic shitstorm.

Well their crime wasn't that big.

Why in hell don't they just shut down the Catholic church? Hell, let 'em shut down all religions while they're at it, and the world will be a much nicer place.

Why didn't the family of the victims notice?

"Fuck God. Protect the Church!" [QUOTE]:: It took Irish police 20 years to decide on a prosecution of one priest.[/QUOTE] Oh Come on! What the Hell?

Holy shit.

[QUOTE=archangel125;18585054]Why in hell don't they just shut down the Catholic church? Hell, let 'em shut down all religions while they're at it, and the world will be a much nicer place.[/QUOTE] Seems like a bit of a gamble to me. Because shutting down religion won't stop people from taking advantage of children. It might limit their chances of getting away with though.

You get corrupt people everywhere, don't start hating on our religion. The bible says sexual abuse is wrong.

dirty fenian fucks

Just backing up some stereotypes, nothing to see here people.

what is this catholic priests fucking children oh no this has never happened before

Catholic Priests? Raping Children? NEVER.

[QUOTE=Parrky;18585584]dirty fenian fucks[/QUOTE] Up the Ra!

[QUOTE=SenorJose;18585552]You get corrupt people everywhere, don't start hating on our religion. The bible says sexual abuse is wrong.[/QUOTE] show me the last time four members from the NRA molested little kids show me the last time four members from PETA molested little kids hell, show me the last time four members from Alcoholics Anonymous molested little kids stop defending these sick fucks, save our children's booty holes the vatican actually has an official memo that states how to deal with child sex crimes and that is to COVER IT UP

Catholics are the only ones that have ever raped children. Totally.

Talk about owned.

[QUOTE=archangel125;18585054]Why in hell don't they just shut down the Catholic church? Hell, let 'em shut down all religions while they're at it, and the world will be a much nicer place.[/QUOTE] Yeah there wouldn't mass be public uproar and possibly armed resistance or anything!

As a person living in Ireland, this is nothing new. We've been a joke of a country for a long time and in a lot of aspects, [url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0713/1224250543694.html]still[/url] [url=http://www.mamanpoulet.com/dermot-ahern-and-same-sex-families/]are[/url]. Thank flip the Church in this country is pretty much on its last legs.

[QUOTE=archangel125;18585054]Why in hell don't they just shut down the Catholic church? Hell, let 'em shut down all religions while they're at it, and the world will be a much nicer place.[/QUOTE] Why don't we just gather up the Catholics and take them to concentration camps? Shit's worked before.

I'm not joking here when I say the Catholic church was literally enshrined in our constitution for a ridiculously long time, and there's still something in it about the special power of god, shit you not. We're a backwards fucking country so we are. [editline]09:52PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Epidemick;18585120]Why didn't the family of the victims notice?[/QUOTE] They probably did, but the church was so powerful here no one did a thing

[QUOTE=SenorJose;18585552]You get corrupt people everywhere, don't start hating on our religion. The bible says sexual abuse is wrong.[/QUOTE] So is worshiping false idols. So what's the Pope about then.

The Church in this country were pretty much a separate entity to the Roman Catholic church, a law unto themselves