This article was send to us by Patrick Wall. Patrick is a world-renowned expert on the catholic clergy abuse crisis, has been working on behalf of victims of clergy sexual abuse since 2002. A former Roman Catholic Priest and Benedictine Monk, Wall has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a…
New sexual abuse case filed in MT against Catholic Church Posted: Sep 27, 2011 11:40 AM by Dennis Bragg (KPAX News) MISSOULA- Montana attorneys are filing another civil lawsuit against the Catholic Church, this time seeking damages for 45 victims of sexual abuse at church schools and institutions in Western…
People close to me, or who regularly talk to me, know that I like to use words like “road” or “path” when talking about our cause. Apart from the fact that I like to think of my life as an expedition or a hike, and very rarely a walk in…
Dear Mr. Cameron, YOU SLAPPED MY FACE ! Why on earth would you do that to me? You injured and insulted me! What on earth drove you to do that? We have never even met! I am a hard working, tax paying grandmother, proud to be British, having worked hard…
I don’t know when I last wrote in this diary, a while ago I am sure! I have been terribly busy, all good stuff, but lots to do. After marching in last weeks Secular Europe campaign, I felt like I had been run over by a bus! But I have…
When I started this diary I ‘promised’ not to write every day and I think I did live up to my promise…it has quite a while since I sat down to share some thoughts with you. But it feels like a good moment to do so now… The last weeks…
Irish Times – September 5, 2011 by PATSY McGARRY It takes 25 pages and 11,000 words to say – ‘nothing to do with us’ ANALYSIS: The Holy See reaction to the Irish report is marked by a failure to address core concerns, writes PATSY McGARRY THE VATICAN’S response to the…
Sunday Independent – September 4, 2011 by RONALD QUINLAN and MAEVE SHEEHAN Clerical abusers shielded by ‘cabal’ of protection in church The Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin has admitted that “a cabal” protecting clerical sex abusers may be operating at the highest levels in the Catholic Church. Dr Martin…
Saturday September 3, 2011 – by Colm O’Gorman Vatican suggestion that it did not undermine reporting of abuse is simply untrue. The response of the Holy See to the Cloyne Report seeks to portray the Vatican as having never been opposed to the idea that Bishops should co-operate with civil…
I have been too early when suggesting that the Irish government bows to the Vatican. (Article: WikiLeaks – Handling of the Irish Crisis: http://survivorsvoice-europe.org/?p=1432) And although I still have my reservations concerning modern times’ politicians and their relations with the Vatican, I have been wrong. An answer has now been…
