Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
Kate O’Neill, in The Times Ireland edition, reports:
The archbishop [Diarmuid Martin] said the suggestion that the pontiff would visit a former Magdalene laundry during his visit was just speculation.
“The question of all victims will be looked at. There are victims of institutions, survivors of abuse by priests, Magdalene laundries, the mother and baby homes, we are looking at all of those,” he said.
Pope protesters decried as ‘spoilsports’ (Kate O’Neill, The Times Ireland edition)
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So much Catholic church abuse… so little time.
As usual they’ll tie themselves in a gordian knot trying to pretend they care whilst at the same time not exposing frank to any unpleasantness aka bad publicity.
Nothing to do with Frank. It’s all to do with money.
They moved all their properties into ‘trusts’ so it was off-limits for compensation.
they issued a statement expressing regret for the sexual, physical and psychological abuse of thousands of vulnerable people over several decades, but seemingly that’s enough for some people
case closed. please move on. nothing else to see. it’s over.
*Not enough
“Nothing to do with Frank.”
What a naive comment, he’s the head of their PR department. He makes all these statements decrying the appalling abuse blah blah blah, but doesn’t actually do anything about it.
Cowards.
“the question of victims will be looked at”
is there no end to these people’s decency, kindness, generosity of spirit…?
Dealz Lollypopes for all!!
There are so many avenues of abuse but yet they remain powerful…the mind boggles.
they are only as strong as the dim wits that support them.
500,000 dimwits-strong I’ve heard
Unnecessary.
True. How many raped children is enough? If the CEO of Coca Cola or Kellogs moved rapists from one office to another and tried to cover up child abuse on a mass scale would you support those companies?
I don’t support those companies now, Daisy.
To be clear, I don’t support the Catholic church. Churches of any kind actually.
Since Pope Francis is going to visit Knock, a place called Tuam is less than 20 miles
away perhaps he might go there first, the Irish Catholic Church is using the Popes visit
to hide their past and put all the skeletons back in the cupboard and to make sure nothing
more is unearthed in Tuam or elsewhere.
What about inviting Catherine Corless or indeed one of the victims of all this past injustice
run for President.