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No, not the BNP, this time. The "christian brothers" who ran a children's home in Dublin. Praise the lord.
No, not the BNP, this time. The "christian brothers" who ran a children's home in Dublin. Praise the lord.
The findings will not be used for criminal prosecutions - in part because the Christian Brothers successfully sued the commission in 2004 to keep the identities of all of its members, dead or alive, unnamed in the report.
No real names, whether of victims or perpetrators, appear in the final document.
It documents a shameful catalogue of cruelty: neglect, physical, sexual and emotional abuse, perpetrated against children
Mr Walsh said: "I would have never opened my wounds if I'd known this was going to be the end result.
"It has devastated me and will devastate most victims because there are no criminal proceedings and no accountability whatsoever."
Police were called to the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse's news conference in Dublin amid angry scenes as victims were prevented from attending.
The victims were among 35,000 children who were placed in a network of reformatories, industrial schools and workhouses until the early 1990s.
More than 1,000 people had told the commission they suffered physical and sexual abuse.
'Self-serving secrecy'
The five-volume study concluded that church officials encouraged ritual beatings and consistently shielded their orders' paedophiles from arrest amid a "culture of self-serving secrecy".
The commission found that sexual abuse was "endemic" in boys' institutions, and church leaders knew what was going on.
Absolutely stunning stuff. It blows MP's expenses into the weeds.
One important difference, other than the seriousness of the crimes, is that these people are devotees of "the almighty", and therefore cannot be voted out of office. Unless, of course people finally wise up to the reality that religion contains nothing of value, and plenty that is harmful.
A priest could be an atheist, though you may not know it...
I am a lot less toxic than the catholic church, who carry out their worldwide systematic child abuse under the cover of the cult of "god", "Jesus", and all the rest of that baloney. No-one dared to challenge their authority, until now.
Wise up David: this is a big story, "mate", and people are very angry.
I was interested to see how long it would be before you posted this. You disappoint me that it took you so long.
You could always counter my negativity about religion with positive news stories which show its manifold benefits
or by pointing out that you appear to have confused religion with the church.
Yes, possible, but irrelevant as usual. The point is that religion itself is used as a shield against any inquiry or challenge. They are holier than thou, and hence above suspicion.
Interestingly, this chap : http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/ logs a similar catalogue of horrors perpetrated by doctors, teachers, prison officers and residential school employees as well as various religious offices.
This vile behaviour would appear to be present amongst all sectors of society, seems a bit limiting to just concentrate on one group. I'm sure we would all agree that sexual abuse committed by, for instance, doctors, is just as loathsome.