Vicar went to hospital with potato stuck in bottom - Telegraph
i kid you not!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Clerical training fostered a predisposition to perpetrate child sexual abuse, study shows
Clerical training fostered a predisposition to perpetrate child sexual abuse, study shows
yeh well...where is the 'personal accountability' here? power, and choice?
yeh well...where is the 'personal accountability' here? power, and choice?
Ex-garda and scout leader jailed for abuse - The Irish Times - Sat, Jan 19, 2013
Ex-garda and scout leader jailed for abuse - The Irish Times - Sat, Jan 19, 2013
note also he joined a religious order. note too he sexually assaulted disabled children...6 months 'abit light' to me too!
note also he joined a religious order. note too he sexually assaulted disabled children...6 months 'abit light' to me too!
Roman Catholic Cardinal Says Priests Should Be Able to Marry | Voice of the Faithful ®
Roman Catholic Cardinal Says Priests Should Be Able to Marry | Voice of the Faithful ®
This is NOT a man I personally like...this is however one of his saner statements!
This is NOT a man I personally like...this is however one of his saner statements!
Brady under fire ahead of papal conclave | Irish Examiner
Brady under fire ahead of papal conclave | Irish Examiner
No Cardinal who failed child sexual abuse victims abused by clergy they covered up should be allowed to vote in the conclave. The devil in the conclave is hardly appropriate!
No Cardinal who failed child sexual abuse victims abused by clergy they covered up should be allowed to vote in the conclave. The devil in the conclave is hardly appropriate!
Thursday, February 21, 2013
if you were a magdalene in Irish Laundaries
Compensation/redress contact details: The contact details for this will be as follows:
Magdalen Laundry Fund
c/o Department of Justice and Equality
Montague Court
Montague Street
Dublin 2
Tel. 01-476 8649
e-mail info@idcmagdalen.ie
web sites: www.idcmagdalen.iewww.justice.ie
Magdalen Laundry Fund
c/o Department of Justice and Equality
Montague Court
Montague Street
Dublin 2
Tel. 01-476 8649
e-mail info@idcmagdalen.ie
web sites: www.idcmagdalen.iewww.justice.ie
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Pope resigns.
letter i wrote to Irish Times today. Prob won't be published!
Sir,
Fr Patrick McCafferty describes Pope Benedict XVI as 'our beloved Holy Father'. Whilst we may all wish that an old man have a quiet and peaceful rest before departing this world, many will have experienced great pain during his reign as Pope and before that as head of the 'Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith' (CDF) (formally the inquistorial office of the Roman Catholic Church). It is unlikely therefore he will be described as either 'beloved' or 'Holy' or 'Father' by those he ignored, blighted and castigated in his efforts to roll back Vatican II and to hide clerical child sexual abuse.
His resignation has been called 'courageous', and 'a lucid act of self-awareness', but he did not show these traits when child sexual abuse by clerics knocked on the door of the CDF . Quite the opposite. In 2001 as head of the CDF he wrote to every Bishop requiring them to report every case of clergy sexual abuse to his department and to keep it secret. The letter was considered by many as an attempt to obstruct justice, protect clergy sex offenders and keep from civil authories priests whom the Church wished to support. The abuse of children and their needs were secondary.
Despite the continuing rethoric that the Vatican 'cares' about victims and is 'stamping out clerical child sexual abuse' worldwide victims are still pleading in courts for justice. Such victims have fought, some for many years, to be heard and acknowledged, whilst others have committed suicide as church solicitors, on behalf of the church, deny their experiences and vilify them from all angles. Many victims are in penuary, distress, and in despair. Living with shame and guilt the Church has failed to heal.
Pope Benedict's attemps at 'apology' to victims of clergy sexual abuse was always 'conditional', secret meetings with anoymous victims. always on his terms. Victims were carefully chosen by a coterie of insiders.
When victims went to Rome in 2010, Italian paramilitary police with guns, blocked a boulevard leading to the Vatican to prevent clergy sexual abuse victims reaching St. Peter's Square. In my wheelchair surrounded by these paramilitaries, with crossed arms, smiles on faces and impervious to our entreaty, I wondered what victims had done to be treated as criminals' and viewed as such a threat. It was a seminal moment in my perception of the Vatican's alleged 'care' of clergy sexual abuse survivors.
After the protest myself and Brendan Butler 'escaped' the cordon but were 'detained' for 45 minutes in St Peter's Square whilst our passports were taken and scrutinised. We were in St Peter's to pray for victims, not protest, since the protest at was, by then, over. But we were not 'allowed' to do even this in peace.
If a new Pope leads from a position of a 'preferential option for clergy sexual abuse survivors', and is able to convey a true humility, with a committment to transparency, openess, truth, integrity and justice we will have some chance to repair the damage of this papacy and the papacy of JPII. Much damage has been done, and it will take a Pope of vision, to encourage broken hearts and souls to try and enter again the community of the Catholic Church.
For me the damage has been irreparable and it is with utter sadness I remain outside the walls of this Church but not outside the love of Christ. I simply have no hope that the Catholic Church can do other than present a faith that fails the marginalised, the different, the raging, who comprise the hurt people now in abundance following the reign of Pope Benedict XVI.
Yours Sincerely
Dr Margaret Kenney
Monday, February 11, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Magdalene survivors fume over ‘sorry’ Enda - Politics - Limerick Leader
Magdalene survivors fume over ‘sorry’ Enda - Politics - Limerick Leader
it's becoming increasinly clear that the mcaleese report was a whitewash. it confirmed some things but it was NOT an inquiry into what women had to endure.
it's becoming increasinly clear that the mcaleese report was a whitewash. it confirmed some things but it was NOT an inquiry into what women had to endure.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Magdalene nuns 'did their best' - National News, Breaking News - Independent.ie
Magdalene nuns 'did their best' - National News, Breaking News - Independent.ie
well 'their best' was not good enough...was it?
well 'their best' was not good enough...was it?
magdalene laundaries report:disability
Chapter 11:
Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (C):
Heath authorities and social services
[Magdalene report some extracts relating to disability.]
44. This means that by 1929 at least 4 Magdalen Laundries were approved by the Minister for Local Government and Health as extern institutions for the
“maintenance, education or treatment” of women eligible for public assistance.
The effect of these approvals was to permit the referral of women eligible for
public assistance to the Magdalen Laundries and further, to authorise
payment of the expenses of their maintenance there.
45. The Department’s Annual Report for 1938-1939 described the categories of
people maintained in approved extern institutions during the year:
“This class comprises afflicted persons (deaf and dumb, blind, mentally
defective, etc.) unmarried mothers and persons requiring special
treatment in outside hospitals”.10
A 15-year old girl was sent to a Magdalen Laundry in the 1960s by
“[place] Health Authority”. Her only recorded family was a fostermother.
The Register records that she was undergoing treatment at
a named psychiatric hospital. After less than a month, she was
“taken by [name], social worker” to a named psychiatric hospital.
- A woman (age not recorded) who had been in a named institution
for intellectually disabled children was “sent by [name], Health
Authority” to a Magdalen Laundry in the 1960s. She remained there
approximately 4 months
123. Another case involving both the NSPCC and the Health Authorities arose in
the late 1960s, when a man sought the advice of the organisation in relation
to his daughter (aged in her twenties) and her child.46 The woman was
described in the file as:
“somewhat retarded. She wants the child placed in care and is not
interested in keeping it. This child was previously boarded out by the
[place] health authority
137. Another case, which arose in the early 1970s and also involved both the
NSPCC and the “Children’s Dept.” of a Health Board, concerned a young girl
of 14 years of age who was living with her parents.50 An initial complaint was
made to the NSPCC regarding a child being in danger. It was reported that “a
number of men were visiting the house”. The Inspector met the child’s mother
who:
“admitted having affairs with the men and some of them give her
money. She is mentally retarded. [Father’s name] does not work. He is
also retarded. The child was attending the name school in place
[named school for intellectually disabled]. ... The parents are unfit to
have the custody care or charge of their child. I shall get in touch with
the [place] Health Authority about the case”.
138. The Registers of the Religious Congregations indicate that the child was,
within a few months thereafter, admitted to a Magdalen Laundry. She was
transferred to a named psychiatric hospital from the Magdalen Laundry.
139. A subsequent file of the NSPCC – confirming on its face that a named officer of the “Children’s Dept” was the “other agenc[y] ... involved” contains records of the child’s subsequent experiences. At this point the child was 16 years of age. The file records that from psychiatric hospital, she had been discharged to her family. The NSPCC handed the case over fully to the Health Authority and no further records were kept.
160. The information identified by the Committee suggests that the vast majority of
such cases were referrals of a girl or women in employment in a hospital.
Some of these cases of referrals of a girl or woman in employment in a
hospital arise in the context of the period of supervision which followed
discharge from an Industrial or Reformatory School. Such cases are dealt
with in detail in the Chapter 10. However, it is also likely that a small number
of cases of referrals, identified in the records of the Religious Congregations as being from a hospital or a named doctor in a hospital, related to a patient in
that hospital.
161. This is difficult to establish conclusively from official records, but the most
likely circumstances of such referrals probably involved women ready for
discharge from hospital but due to homelessness or disability needed
accommodation, whether temporary or permanent.
162. In cases such as these, it appears that there may have been a practice at
some points in past decades (particularly during the periods in which welfare
provision was minimal) of referral of such patients to either the County Home
or a religious-operated institution (including, but by no means limited to
Magdalen Laundries). The Committee was informed that such a practice
certainly applied in psychiatric hospitals and that it is likely to have also
occurred in general hospitals.
163. The youngest known girl referred from a hospital or by a medical professional
was 13 years of age. The oldest was 71 years of age. The records of the
Religious Congregations suggest that there were some patients referred to
Magdalen Laundries from hospitals on the basis outlined above. Some
appear to have been intended as short-stays, while others, particularly of
more elderly women, may have been intended to provide for them for the
remainder of their lives.
-
A 71-year old woman entered a Magdalen Laundry “from hospital” in
the 1920s. She remained there until her death.
- A woman (age not recorded) entered a Magdalen Laundry in the 1920s
from an identified County Hospital. She “died of consumption” there
A 19-year old woman was sent by a named District Hospital to a
Magdalen Laundry in the 1920s. After a number of months, she “left for
County Home”.
- A woman (age not recorded) entered a Magdalen Laundry “from
Sanatorium” in the 1920s. The details of her departure are not
recorded.
- A 46-year old woman entered a Magdalen Laundry from an identified
“convalescent home” in the 1930s. She remained there for over 10
years, at which point she was “taken out by her sister
A 15-year old girl was placed in a Magdalen Laundry by a named
officer at “Rehab Institute” in the 1960s. She was “taken home by her
father” one month later.
- A 17-year old girl was placed in a Magdalen Laundry by a named
“Rehabilitation Officer” following a number of months in a named
hospital in the 1960s. She remained there for approximately 10
months, after which she was “taken to hostel by [name], Rehab.
Officer”.
Psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric services (including intellectual
disability services for many years)
188. As part of its exploration of State routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries,
the Committee also considered and examined the possibility of a relationship
between the Magdalen Laundries and psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric
services. In light of the fact that, for many decades, psychiatric institutions
also housed people with intellectual disabilities, it is difficult for long periods of
time to distinguish between these two very different categories in the early
records of the Religious Congregations
Pages 501 to 521 covers psychiatric hospitals and intellectually disabled girls/women.
Routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries (C):
Heath authorities and social services
[Magdalene report some extracts relating to disability.]
44. This means that by 1929 at least 4 Magdalen Laundries were approved by the Minister for Local Government and Health as extern institutions for the
“maintenance, education or treatment” of women eligible for public assistance.
The effect of these approvals was to permit the referral of women eligible for
public assistance to the Magdalen Laundries and further, to authorise
payment of the expenses of their maintenance there.
45. The Department’s Annual Report for 1938-1939 described the categories of
people maintained in approved extern institutions during the year:
“This class comprises afflicted persons (deaf and dumb, blind, mentally
defective, etc.) unmarried mothers and persons requiring special
treatment in outside hospitals”.10
A 15-year old girl was sent to a Magdalen Laundry in the 1960s by
“[place] Health Authority”. Her only recorded family was a fostermother.
The Register records that she was undergoing treatment at
a named psychiatric hospital. After less than a month, she was
“taken by [name], social worker” to a named psychiatric hospital.
- A woman (age not recorded) who had been in a named institution
for intellectually disabled children was “sent by [name], Health
Authority” to a Magdalen Laundry in the 1960s. She remained there
approximately 4 months
123. Another case involving both the NSPCC and the Health Authorities arose in
the late 1960s, when a man sought the advice of the organisation in relation
to his daughter (aged in her twenties) and her child.46 The woman was
described in the file as:
“somewhat retarded. She wants the child placed in care and is not
interested in keeping it. This child was previously boarded out by the
[place] health authority
137. Another case, which arose in the early 1970s and also involved both the
NSPCC and the “Children’s Dept.” of a Health Board, concerned a young girl
of 14 years of age who was living with her parents.50 An initial complaint was
made to the NSPCC regarding a child being in danger. It was reported that “a
number of men were visiting the house”. The Inspector met the child’s mother
who:
“admitted having affairs with the men and some of them give her
money. She is mentally retarded. [Father’s name] does not work. He is
also retarded. The child was attending the name school in place
[named school for intellectually disabled]. ... The parents are unfit to
have the custody care or charge of their child. I shall get in touch with
the [place] Health Authority about the case”.
138. The Registers of the Religious Congregations indicate that the child was,
within a few months thereafter, admitted to a Magdalen Laundry. She was
transferred to a named psychiatric hospital from the Magdalen Laundry.
139. A subsequent file of the NSPCC – confirming on its face that a named officer of the “Children’s Dept” was the “other agenc[y] ... involved” contains records of the child’s subsequent experiences. At this point the child was 16 years of age. The file records that from psychiatric hospital, she had been discharged to her family. The NSPCC handed the case over fully to the Health Authority and no further records were kept.
160. The information identified by the Committee suggests that the vast majority of
such cases were referrals of a girl or women in employment in a hospital.
Some of these cases of referrals of a girl or woman in employment in a
hospital arise in the context of the period of supervision which followed
discharge from an Industrial or Reformatory School. Such cases are dealt
with in detail in the Chapter 10. However, it is also likely that a small number
of cases of referrals, identified in the records of the Religious Congregations as being from a hospital or a named doctor in a hospital, related to a patient in
that hospital.
161. This is difficult to establish conclusively from official records, but the most
likely circumstances of such referrals probably involved women ready for
discharge from hospital but due to homelessness or disability needed
accommodation, whether temporary or permanent.
162. In cases such as these, it appears that there may have been a practice at
some points in past decades (particularly during the periods in which welfare
provision was minimal) of referral of such patients to either the County Home
or a religious-operated institution (including, but by no means limited to
Magdalen Laundries). The Committee was informed that such a practice
certainly applied in psychiatric hospitals and that it is likely to have also
occurred in general hospitals.
163. The youngest known girl referred from a hospital or by a medical professional
was 13 years of age. The oldest was 71 years of age. The records of the
Religious Congregations suggest that there were some patients referred to
Magdalen Laundries from hospitals on the basis outlined above. Some
appear to have been intended as short-stays, while others, particularly of
more elderly women, may have been intended to provide for them for the
remainder of their lives.
-
A 71-year old woman entered a Magdalen Laundry “from hospital” in
the 1920s. She remained there until her death.
- A woman (age not recorded) entered a Magdalen Laundry in the 1920s
from an identified County Hospital. She “died of consumption” there
A 19-year old woman was sent by a named District Hospital to a
Magdalen Laundry in the 1920s. After a number of months, she “left for
County Home”.
- A woman (age not recorded) entered a Magdalen Laundry “from
Sanatorium” in the 1920s. The details of her departure are not
recorded.
- A 46-year old woman entered a Magdalen Laundry from an identified
“convalescent home” in the 1930s. She remained there for over 10
years, at which point she was “taken out by her sister
A 15-year old girl was placed in a Magdalen Laundry by a named
officer at “Rehab Institute” in the 1960s. She was “taken home by her
father” one month later.
- A 17-year old girl was placed in a Magdalen Laundry by a named
“Rehabilitation Officer” following a number of months in a named
hospital in the 1960s. She remained there for approximately 10
months, after which she was “taken to hostel by [name], Rehab.
Officer”.
Psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric services (including intellectual
disability services for many years)
188. As part of its exploration of State routes of entry to the Magdalen Laundries,
the Committee also considered and examined the possibility of a relationship
between the Magdalen Laundries and psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric
services. In light of the fact that, for many decades, psychiatric institutions
also housed people with intellectual disabilities, it is difficult for long periods of
time to distinguish between these two very different categories in the early
records of the Religious Congregations
Pages 501 to 521 covers psychiatric hospitals and intellectually disabled girls/women.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
SNAP Conferences Dublin and Washington 2013 | Marie-Thérèse O'Loughlin Goldenbridgeinmate39
SNAP Conferences Dublin and Washington 2013 | Marie-Thérèse O'Loughlin Goldenbridgeinmate39
Disappointed SNAP has not invited me to speak at the Dublin Conference. I asked to say something about clergy sexual abuse of adult women 9my Phd thesis) but refused!
We Irish here in Ireland DO have something to offer. but....
Disappointed SNAP has not invited me to speak at the Dublin Conference. I asked to say something about clergy sexual abuse of adult women 9my Phd thesis) but refused!
We Irish here in Ireland DO have something to offer. but....
PressTV - Cardinal: I didn't know how to handle sex abuse
PressTV - Cardinal: I didn't know how to handle sex abuse
Well then, get advice, don't even attempt to 'deal with it'.
Well then, get advice, don't even attempt to 'deal with it'.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Fiona Doyle encourages rape victims to 'come forward' | BreakingNews.ie
Fiona Doyle encourages rape victims to 'come forward' | BreakingNews.ie
not a clergy case but this woman one of ireland's new brave women
not a clergy case but this woman one of ireland's new brave women
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