Clerical abuse!

[muppet]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34083390

[give her dixie]

Nothing but the same old story

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/tyrone-priest-was-frozen-out-by-church-for-informing-on-colleague-over-child-porn-34392956.html

[Itchy]

Tony will be along to explain this one on a bit.

[Oraisteach]

And, then again, not quite the same old story.  A priest broke the code of silence and willingly cooperated with the civil authorities.  Now, that's news.

[FL/MAYO]

Nothing but the same old story

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/tyrone-priest-was-frozen-out-by-church-for-informing-on-colleague-over-child-porn-34392956.html

I live in this diocese, I only heard about this today via a message from Ireland.

[Main Street]

The good tyroneman.

[FL/MAYO]

Nothing but the same old story

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/tyrone-priest-was-frozen-out-by-church-for-informing-on-colleague-over-child-porn-34392956.html

I live in this diocese, I only heard about this today via a message from Ireland.

Front page news this morning, probably because it was in Irish newspapers.

[seafoid]

I was reading a Swiss newspaper today. You will never guess. A home for orphans. A man aged 75 who was raped by priests from age 10 to 16. They denied it for years and called him a liar and a pervert. Yesterday the order apologised. He said they destroyed dozens of lives. Just like in Ireland.

[T Fearon]

The Priest informed the authorities,which was the right thing to do,but was he frozen out for not following Church protocols for informing?

[give her dixie]

Watched the movie "Spotlight" about the abuse in Boston, and the major cover up by the top in the Catholic Church.

Well worth watching if you can get a chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x4Rmi-Z4O0

[Itchy]

The Priest informed the authorities,which was the right thing to do,but was he frozen out for not following Church protocols for informing?

Dunno Tony. The parents are probably to blame.

[From the Bunker]

The Priest informed the authorities,which was the right thing to do,but was he frozen out for not following Church protocols for informing?

Are you saying 'The right thing to do' does not match up with Church protocols for informing.

[T Fearon]

I'm saying the Catholic Church has robust procedures nowadays for dealing with child abuse,procedures which have been independently endorsed.But the main point is, that whether colleagues shunned him or not,a priest brought these to the attention of the authorities, so the reaction of his colleagues is irrelevant.

[Oraisteach]

The reaction of his colleagues is, of course, relevant. It demonstrates that they were complicit in the cover-up culture, and that their reaction was the norm.  Apparently the robust protocol is keep your trap shut whatever the human cost.

[T Fearon]

Firstly I salute this Priest.He absolutely did the right thing.But he was shunned by from what I gather were a few individuals acting of their own accord and not according to Church policy.In Ireland if an allegation is made against any priest,the priest is stood down until a full investigation takes place.

The Pope cannot control every single cleric throughout the world.Abuse by a fellow priest was fully revealed by another priest,that is progress and should be applauded,and no emphasis placed on the actions of misguided fools.