Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
Patsy McGarry reports in the Irish Times:
“About 200 people are expected to accompany Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, on the first chartered pilgrimage from that archdiocese to Knock shrine this month. Cardinal Dolan will open this year’s national novena at Knock on August 14th. It continues until August 22nd.”
You’ll recall Cardinal Timothy Dolan was the man sent to Ireland in March 2010 by Pope Benedict to lead the Apostolic Visitation to Ireland and examine the country’s four archdioceses in the wake of the sex abuse scandals.
In May of 2012 the New York Times reported Dolan authorised payments of as much as $20,000 to sexually abusive priests – when he was the archbishop of Milwaukee – as an incentive for them to agree to be dismissed from the priesthood.
The documentary Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House of Good documented the crimes of one of those men, Fr Lawrence Murphy, who abused hundreds of deaf children.
You may also recall how the Survivors Network Of Those Abused By Priests reported on October 23, 2013 how:
“[US District Court] Judge Rudolph Randa [yesterday] ruled that a deaf survivor of Fr. Lawrence Murphy is bound by an agreement he reached with church officials even though he was deceived in order to secure that agreement. The agreement was reached in an archdiocesan program designed by [Cardinal Timothy] Dolan in 2003. We believe the purpose of that program was to quickly and quietly settle with victims while deliberately misleading them about the archdiocese’s prior knowledge of the criminal history of abusers. At the same time, it induced victims to accept nominal restitution in exchange for waving all future legal rights. If the victim would later discover they had been deceived by Dolan and the archdiocese, as we now know they were, they would have no legal recourse.”
First chartered pilgrimage flight set for Knock Airport (Patsy McGarry, Irish Times)
Previously: And Well He Might Yawn
This Is The Guy Who Investigated Abuse In The Irish Church
Pic: Sacerdotus
Cant wait to hear what the institute has to say , protection of children is their bag…. right?
of course this is the first thing that comes to mind:
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You beat me to it.
What the fupp is with all the Jesus freaks flocking to Ireland at the minute? Fupp off back to yer own poo hole, we are having enough problems routing out our own sky fairy worshipers we don’t need your deludedness slowing down the process.
What a massive trouser trumpet
…no doubt cardinal Dolan has granted himself full absolution…another perk of the job.
When a priest, bishop or cardinal holds a prayer extravaganza at Knock it’s OK. But when a Traveller holds one, it’s not OK. Same prayers, same God, same religion but wrong middle man.
The RC imposes a monopoly on the interpretation of the Bible. It’s a business. The Pope is an oligarch.
I’m not religious but if I was to choose, I’d go with Protestant.
If I was going to be religious Rastafarian sounds like it has some decent benefits.
no beer, no chipper, no bookies? worshipping a dodgy ethiopian dictator? nah
lots of ganja and nyabinghi tho.
Not particularly up to date on LGBT rights either.
What religion is?
I’d guess scientology are ok with it.
Really I thought they had issue with it? I must be wrong, surprising though.
Episcopalianism and other large tranches of the Anglican Communion, Presbyterianism (US variant) also. Sorry, I know you were being rhetorical but I love playing Know Your Protestant.
You learn something new everyday.
pentecostal snake handlers. now THAT’s a religion.
Which type of Protestant?
Don’t they all apply their own monopolies of interpretation and favour different people. Couldn’t they all be regarded as businesses?
I don’t care what the law says, if he was deceived into signing and that can bve proven,m which it can fr4om what I can recall, then no gag exists.
Total scumbags in the Vatican. The Vatican too much takes the same approach as the scummers in SF, “party (Vatican) first” those abused… can shut up.
No integrity. No conscience. No value system to peak of in its own governance. Nothing more needs to be said…. pure institutionalised scumbaggery (to put it mildly and avoid the moderator).
…too many typos….
Put down the Domestos, Clampie love.
If only I could clean that house they call the Vatican :)
Typing on a small screen mobile wearing marigolds is no mean feat !
Nice weather would be great. A cappa magna appearance would be the icing on the cake, but given all that has gone on/is going on in this country, that might be a step too far. Mass, a few prayers and back onto his plane would be appropriate.
He should be refused entry to the country….that would be appropriate.
you just love a bloke in a frock, eh ABM?
In the outfit he’s sporting, he should be able to cross the Atlantic and land
in Knock Airport without the need of an aircraft, look out for high flying prelates.
…if you left out a glass of wine and a plate of biscuits could he not transubstantiate?
I look forward immensely to your Islam ‘chunk’ :)
What’s your point?
My point? Christianity-bashing = shooting fish (loaves?) in a barrel. Dissing Islam = rarer than hen’s teeth.
There’s a reason for that. whois.ws is the tool of choice for the Muslim extremist. Christians have been known to say the odd prayer or turn the other cheek. Mind you, we have had our fair share of bad decisions (including the odd witch burning). But Christianity’s bad decisions are nowhere near the scale of 21st century Islamic bloodshed.
…I’m atheist so I’d like to say I despise all religious equally but…as you rightly suggest, I have a particular dislike of christians in general and catholics in particular.
The sooner the 32 counties stop “inviting” americans to sort out our problems the better. I’m sick of hearing how some yank or another is going to come over and sort it all out. Just because a jumper load of Oirish live illegally in the states is not justification for letting them stick their hypocritical snouts in our fetid trough.
I for one, am glad for the involvement of many Americans in our ‘problems’, Dolan not included of course.
Channeling his inner Len Brennan by the looks of it! “Crrrriiiiilllllyyyyy!!!!”