Open Letter to Cardinal Seán Brady
Hello there Seán. It's been a while since I wrote to you, but that's only because, as a wounded healer,...
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Mary Raftery, Journalist, Dies
Mary Raftery, investigative journalist, has died at 54. Raftery's States of Fear documentaries exposed the violence, both emotional and physical, as...
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...
Irish Embassy in Vatican Closed
What do the Holy See and East Timor have in common? That's right -- the Irish government doesn't give a...
Statement by Government of Ireland On Holy See Response to Cloyne
I can think of nothing to add to the Irish government's statement on the Holy See's legalistic, dishonest and self-serving...
The IF-Word. Bishop John Magee Still in Denial About Cloyne Abuse
You have to love those bishops with their mental reservation. They never go anywhere without a spare IF or BUT...
Papal Nuncio’s Diplomatic Immunity
We were standing around in the pub of choice, debating the thorny matter of Vatican diplomatic immunity. And when I...
Cloyne Scandal — Bishop John Magee Apologises
Bishop John Magee, I see, from his secret American hideaway has issued a sort of apology for the fact that...
Report by Commission of Investigation into Catholic Diocese of Cloyne
The Cloyne diocese report has been issued and a download is available here. Among other findings, the commission found that...
Abuse Survivors Refused Entry To Diarmuid Martin’s Service of Repentance in Pro-Cathedral
This is the moment when a disabled abuse survivor and the daughter of a woman imprisoned in the Magdalene laundries...
