I’ll look up Rory Connor and if there’s something worth reporting, I’ll write about it.

For now, I can’t put up any more comments from you, but if you feel like venting, why not set up your own web-site?

This is a proposal by a Fine Gael candidate in Meath to have a Redress Board to deal with allegations of child abuse in ordinary schools. The standard of proof at the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) is next to zero and I think there are about 15,000 applicants for “compensation”. Setting up a similar body with similar proof standards for day schools would probably attract hundreds of thousands of people who suddenly “remember” that they were abused by school teachers.

In particular it would encourage false allegations of SEXUAL abuse. You do not have to claim sex abuse in order to be “compensated” by the RIRB – physical or emotional (!) abuse will do just as well. However because of thuggish media campaigns by Mary Raftery and Co, many people do not realise this and strive to “remember” how they were raped as children!

Do we really want more of this?

Regards

Rory Connor

Shameful Use of Loophole – The Meath Chronicle, 7 April 2007

Editor,
Meath Chronicle

Dear Sir,
Having watched the recent Prime Time programme it appears that the Government is using a legal loophole regarding the employment of teachers to avoid all responsibility for child sexual abuse in schools. This is a cruel and unsympathetic approach to a group of victims, many of whom undoubtedly suffered greatly at an age when they were very vulnerable.

I feel ashamed that any government or minister representing me could allow ordinary decent people to suffer all over again.

The Department of Education bears the responsibility to educate our children in a safe and healthy environment. This was not the case in countless children’s lives for too long and now when looking for redress they use a ‘technicality’ to get away with compensating them I feel it unjust, callous and grossly unfair.

In the first instance the government of the day should apologise for all the wrong doings inflicted to children of days gone past in a first step to help with their healing process.

As far as monetary compensation goes, Minister Hanafin was quoted the other day as having to account for the prudent spending of the taxpayers money as an excuse for seeking costs against Ms Louise O Keefe; need I remind Minister Hanafin of e-voting, e52million, PPARS e200million; Bertie Bowl e20million. Need I go on…..

I believe that a review of how the State will deal with the victims of abuse in schools is long overdue.

This review should consider how many people were abused at school, and put information into the public domain so that it can be assessed. This review should also estimate if these cases can be dealt with by the Residential Institutions Redress Board, and state how long this might take and the potential costs involved.

Only then, can we offer real closure to thousands of families who have suffered for far too long.

Yours,

Regina Doherty,
Fine Gael candidate,
Meath East.

Alliancesupport.org, which is in Northern Ireland is partially funded by the Irish Department of Education. All it seems to do is emotionally, mentally and psychologically assail victims/survivors of institutional child abuse. The moderator fit the pseudonymous subsection above, which is one of many quite nicely to a genuine article that bears no relation to institutional child abuse. It is implying that people who go before the Residential Institutions Redress Board [that was explicitly, by Irish government, set up to impartially, honourably, yes, I reiterate justifiably award those of whom were wrongfully incarcerated] are mentally ill. The perpetrator of these contemptible acts; who incidentally, is an ex De-La Salle seminarian has for some years been harassing and haranguing very vulnerable victims/survivors. This order, throughout the whole world; has purportedly an abominable child sex abuse record. There are allegedly victims/survivors who have threatened suicide because of this man’s actions. The moderator of alliance who was on the receiving end of the ‘Redress Board Awards’ endorses this operates’ behaviour and cannot see the woods for the trees. He has shut himself off to the pleas of those who spent their whole childhood’s in the institutions – to stop this caper. He deletes requests, without ever trying beford to sit back and analyse. I rather find them both – pitiable characters indeed. The ex seminarian is forever and a day mouth-piecing intellectuals’ work he discovers on various web sites. He has never gotten over his De-La -Salle mentors. One minute, it is the Passion of Rory Connor; the next – it is the passion of Tom Hayes… or other? The latter must regurgitate this priest – to – be geek’s perpetual crucifixion.
Finally, yet importantly, I want to say to both of the above mentioned, that it behoves ye to put your energy into helping those who suffered at the hands of the religious. The article that the Knitter put up on his website, [see the Knitter, INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS] is a typical example of the pain that countless children in the past suffered. IT IS A TESTIMONY OF TRUTH. Where are your testimonials?
PS: Alliance support indisputably, by the moderators account has hundreds of supporters, perhaps even thousands. So why does one never get to hear their voices. The site ascertains it is for those who spent their young lives -in the institutions… My final answer to that is; — Codswallop! GOOD LUCK, Knitter, you are doing excellent work highlighting the atrocities that were bestowed on us in the dark days IN IRELAND’S GULAGS.
Slan agus beannacht. A GOLDENBRIDGE VICTIM/SURVIVOR OF INSTITUTIONAL CHILD ABUSE