Originally Posted by Flimflam

It's dreadful to think of Garda putting the priests before the kids. I also find it very hard to come to terms with parents of the children involved going directly to the bishop and not the authorities, because they thought they were being good catholics. I could have some understanding for people in the 50's and 60's as people were much more gullible back then and they held a lot of misguided faith in their church. If I found a man in bed with my child, I wouldn't be giving him a water bottle when he said he was cold. I'd be kicking him up and down the street.

Today just adds another layer to the corruption in this country. The clergy, the Garda, the government, people in positions of power, conniving and colluding with each other to keep the status quo. And some members of the public do their best to help them, because 'he's the parish priest, a very important man' or 'sure hasn't she got that pot hole filled in front of the house' or ' if I give him a free meal he'll turn a blind eye to me having a couple of pints and driving the car home'. People are all indignant, but then they need a reference for a job, or planning permission, or a fine cancelled and all integrity goes out the window. The corruption goes round and round and round, and it all comes down to people choosing their own skins and their own comforts/deviances over any concern for their fellow man.

Something drastic needs to happen in respect of the governing of this country,and unless the general public change their mentality and stop acting like their living in some kind of feudal system, in deference to their lords, unless they start behaving like they're in a modern and progressive society where people's rights are protected and nurtured, then I think we will learn nothing from the report published today.