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CATHOLIC CHURCH (IRELAND) CHRISTMAS DAY.

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Thistledown

Thistledown Report 26 Dec 2009 13:31

The Catholic Church saw a tragic day here in Ireland on Christmas day, firstly the Pope was assaulted as he went to say midnight mass in Rome, here in Ireland two of the Bishops that abused children in their care and other children quit the Church over the Murphy report, and ST. MELS Cathedral in County Longford was gutted in a fire.
Tragedy or part pay back????.
Lily

Teddys Girl

Teddys Girl Report 26 Dec 2009 14:40

What is the saying - The Lord works in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform.

Thistledown

Thistledown Report 26 Dec 2009 14:49

Hi Teddys Girl,
that is very true, and our Nuns and Priests that took and abused little children must be punished for their crimes.
Lily.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 26 Dec 2009 15:12

Early in the morning of 9th July 1984 the alarm was raised that York Minster was on fire. I do remember my mother saying it was a retribution for the appointment of the controversial clergyman the Rt Revt David Jenkins as Bishop of Durham, althought the rational explanation was a lightening strike.
Regardless of the cause, it’s a shame that St Mel’s Cathedral has been destroyed by fire.

An Irish Catholic friend of mine, said her father had refused to allow any of his sons to ‘go on the altar’ (be altar boys) back in the 60’s because he was aware of the abuse. If it was known by the parishioners, why didn’t the authorities, either civil or religious protect those young lads?

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Thistledown

Thistledown Report 26 Dec 2009 15:35

Hi DET, all the Authorities (Civil and Religious) Priests, Nuns, Police and Government did know about it and Religious were changed to different parishes (by bishops when they found out about the abusers) to do it to other children. Children here in Ireland were not listened to then and it is only now that the Churchs grip is loosening that children are beginning to be listened to.It was covered up by the Church and state.
When my husbands mother went looking for help off the nuns in the 1930s he was taken off her and when she went looking for him she was told that he had been adopted when he was not, he was only in a home 1/2 a mile from where she and his father lived for the first 18 years of his life and never saw either of them again from the time he was 6 months old.
Lily.