Posted by Christopher Mc on Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Under: Church
I've been debating the Ryan Report in some other on-line fora and really I've had enough. Is there any point? Should we keep putting ourselves out and talking about it or just let the media and victim groups to talk among themselves. You get so far and then someone plays the Absolute Morality Card and announces that they were abused and you're expected to stop the discussion, roll over and die. Well, that might be good enough for the Archbishop of Dublin, but it isn't for me.
Clearly the diocesan bishops are keen to place as much blame as possible on the religious orders to prevent any possibility that the spotlight may turn onto national schools, in which, I suspect, every man and woman over the age of about thirty-five, were beaten, humiliated etc. It was the norm throughout education and the compensation expected from the owners/patrons would be billions.
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Catholic, Carmelite, Husband, Father, Reader of all sorts of books, Writer of occasional letters, Viewer of lots of TV and movies, Lover of tea, Hater of coffee. Anything I write is my own opionion and is not intended to represent the views of any organisation with which I have a connection. You can email me at "blog at live.ie" (replace the "at" with @). Don't be shy. To comment, click on the title of post. You have to include a name and email but fake ones work fine. Make sure there's an @ in the email.
