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Clog-boy
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posted 09 March 2006 07:04 PM      Profile for Clog-boy   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Irish priests hit by abuse claims

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More than 100 Catholic priests in the Dublin region of Ireland are suspected of having abused children in the last 66 years, according to a new report.

The Archdiocese of Dublin's report said at least 350 children may have been abused in the region since 1940.

So far, 32 priests in the archdiocese have been sued for damages by 105 victims, according to the report.

The latest report marks the biggest admission of physical or sexual abuse by the Irish Catholic Church since the first such scandals erupted a decade ago.



Heard this awful news this evening on the radio. Just the thought of it sent shivers down my spine, and it still does...
Hope these figures don't represent the situation worldwide..!


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Boom Boom
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posted 09 March 2006 09:15 PM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Deja vu. Again.
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Boarsbreath
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posted 10 March 2006 12:39 AM      Profile for Boarsbreath   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I was wondering that too. I don't think so, though of course one can only speculate. But Ireland is rather a special case, for piety and poverty in the modern era, among the developed countries. Newfoundland, no coincidence. Thing is, the American figures are kinda high too, and if anywhere is different from Ireland & Newfoundland (in the 60s & 70s) you'd think it was Massachussetts....

Dear. Maybe it is as obvious as it seems: very great power + sexual obsession and deprivation = abuse of that power...


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