Clerical abuse!

[longballin]

John would have been better to say nothing. He got torn apart on Twitter.

I don't think he understood how visceral the feeling about the church and child rape is.

Don't want to add to it but was more than naive of him.

[Minder]

John would have been better to say nothing. He got torn apart on Twitter.

I don't think he understood how visceral the feeling about the church and child rape is.

Don't want to add to it but was more than naive of him.

Ego more than naive I would say, not sure why he thought his input was needed

[longballin]

John would have been better to say nothing. He got torn apart on Twitter.

I don't think he understood how visceral the feeling about the church and child rape is.

Don't want to add to it but was more than naive of him.

Ego more than naive I would say, not sure why he thought his input was needed

I suppose he thought he'd get a positive response defending his uncle but was way out of line...

[Orior]

John would have been better to say nothing. He got torn apart on Twitter.

I don't think he understood how visceral the feeling about the church and child rape is.

Don't want to add to it but was more than naive of him.

Ego more than naive I would say, not sure why he thought his input was needed

I suppose he thought he'd get a positive response defending his uncle but was way out of line...

Any word from Mickey Harte yet?

[theskull1]

Godwins rule can now be used

[Orior]

Godwins rule can now be used

Ha!

[Applesisapples]

I don't know the full background of the abuse and Bishop McAreavey's role but on a personal level I am glad the bishop has now resigned. My personal experience with the man is that he was a sectarian bigot who should not have had the role he had. Now I haven't spoken to him in 15 years and things may have changed in the interim but I don't think he even deserved the time of the day.

Tell us how he is a sectarian bigot?

[Applesisapples]

Fr Boyle was 'The wee Billy' Fr Cushnehan was 'The wee skut'. Cunningham was just a complete sadistic cnut

All the Stevensons at St Colmans were called stiffy, from the Irish Stíofán, The Billy and Fr Cushnehan, I never saw being violent, but Jon Joe Cunningham) was fond of the cane.

[Milltown Row2]

I don't know the full background of the abuse and Bishop McAreavey's role but on a personal level I am glad the bishop has now resigned. My personal experience with the man is that he was a sectarian bigot who should not have had the role he had. Now I haven't spoken to him in 15 years and things may have changed in the interim but I don't think he even deserved the time of the day.

Tell us how he is a sectarian bigot?

I think he did already

[Orior]

John would have been better to say nothing. He got torn apart on Twitter.

I don't think he understood how visceral the feeling about the church and child rape is.

Don't want to add to it but was more than naive of him.

Ego more than naive I would say, not sure why he thought his input was needed

I suppose he thought he'd get a positive response defending his uncle but was way out of line...

John's tweet had 98 comments, a large percentage of which are negative. The tweet also has 382 Likes.

[Milltown Row2]

John would have been better to say nothing. He got torn apart on Twitter.

I don't think he understood how visceral the feeling about the church and child rape is.

Don't want to add to it but was more than naive of him.

Ego more than naive I would say, not sure why he thought his input was needed

I suppose he thought he'd get a positive response defending his uncle but was way out of line...

John's tweet had 98 comments, a large percentage of which are negative. The tweet also has 382 Likes.

All from Tony

[dec]

https://twitter.com/NewryDemo/status/970720199858098182

"We are breaking a big story in the Malachy Finnegan scandal in this week's Newry Democrat - on sale tomorrow morning."

Something actually big, or just media hyperbole?

[smelmoth]

https://twitter.com/NewryDemo/status/970720199858098182

"We are breaking a big story in the Malachy Finnegan scandal in this week's Newry Democrat - on sale tomorrow morning."

Something actually big, or just media hyperbole?

If it is genuinely something big then well done to the ND. We need journalists to play their role on lifting the lid. Kudos, journalistic awards, increased circulation and revenue will follow.

But using this subject matter to trail the title is less than classy.

[Owen Brannigan]

Section 5 of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 makes it an offence not to report to the police any person involved in an arrestable offence.

The question has to be asked why this law has not been applied to all previous sex abuse cases within the Catholic Church and, if, as reported, Finnegan's behaviour in St Colman's was known about by all pupils and staff, will this law not apply to staff who turned a blind eye?  Would the clerical staff in the school during the period when Finnegan worked there as teacher and headmaster be particularly open to this law?

[Milltown Row2]

Section 5 of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 makes it an offence not to report to the police any person involved in an arrestable offence.

The question has to be asked why this law has not been applied to all previous sex abuse cases within the Catholic Church and, if all reported regarding Finnegan's behaviour in St Colman's was known about by all pupils and staff are true, will this law not apply to staff who turned a blind eye?  Would the clerical staff in the school during the period when Finnegan worked their as teacher and headmaster be particularly open to this law?

Well I'm glad the peelers didn't ask me any questions about activities of the locals during the troubles! There would have been a serious amount of people in jail!