News report 2014. Girl who misbehaved at school is slapped across the face by her father and later beaten with a belt. Mother routinely beats children with wooden spoon. Mother […]
Lostprophets Ian Watkins Jailed for 35 Years for Abusing Children
I’m struggling to understand many things about the Ian Watkins case. First, I struggle to understand why there isn’t a law that provides for the instant castration of anyone who […]
Bishop Kirby and the Freudian Slips
Two friends are chatting over a pint and and one of them is trying hard to explain what a Freudian slip is. Look, he says. It’s when you mean to […]
Irish Catholic Priests Refuse To Obey The Law
What’s the difference between a Catholic priest and a doctor or a lawyer? Well, apart from the fact that a priest has no practical training in anything, the main difference […]
Was Archbishop John Charles McQuaid a Paedophile?
There was a time when Planet Ireland orbited its own smug, self-satisfied star, held on course by a mysterious force known as certainty. That was an era when Irish missionaries […]
Lessons from Cloyne Sex Abuse Report — Time To Remove Power from Bishops
A watershed has been reached in Ireland’s relationship with the Vatican
Miserable old priests defend child abuse
Clerics still fail to understand child abuse
Busting the Belgian Bishops — Pope Not Pleased
Belgian police raid bishops’ meeting
Catholic Bishops and Civil Partnerships
Irish hierarchy still missing the point
Vatican Guidelines on Dealing With Abuse Allegations Permit Bishops to Cover Up Abuse
More guidelines. More spin. More dishonesty. More of the same.