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more about #romancatholicchurch more comments → Erda: Part of me really wants to show this article to the arch-conservative Catholic girl I know who keeps posting articles on Facebook about the sexual abu... more » Maulleigh: I guess Sinead was right to rip up that picture on Saturday Night Live. more » Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: I nor either of my two older siblings go to Mass, but our mother still goes every weekend. I've never fully explained to my mother why I don't go anym... more » Trulymadlyme: This shit isn't limited to the Catholic Church. Has anyone read "Jesus Land"? more » judgingamy: I'm sorry, but how is this news? Maybe it's because my family is super Irish Catholic and went to those schools, but it's a well known fact within the... more » XavierLucage: Can someone please tell me how much more of this sadistiic, criminal behavior we have to put up with before someone does something to make the Catholi... more » brendastarlet is on it: What upsets me most about this is that there will not be any charges filed. The abusers are getting off, and the people who were brave enough to go pu... more » Hooplehead: This is why I am against having institutions of any stripe-church, military, whatevs-that have the authority to resolve their own legal issues. There... more » Merkin: It is possibly worth pointing out that this is NOT merely a Catholic, or even an Irish Catholic, issue; this is also a class issue, much like the simi... more » ArtfulSlinger: At what point will the people who are members of the Roman Catholic church get as mad about this as they do about lawmakers who support sex education ... more » stoprobbers: It's especially sad that this magnitude of abuse took place in Ireland, a country that has literally torn itself in half over the Catholic Church and ... more » saintbernadette: As much as I like to defend most of the people in the Catholic Church, in the face of reports like this I can only throw up my hands. The only consola... more » stoprobbers: All hail the Church. So what do you have to say about this, Pope Benedict? more » pandorasmittens: Um, Magdalene Laundries, anyone? This seems like old news. Horrible news, but old news. I'd also like to point out that there are many religious sects... more » rednrowdy: countdown to catholic church and catholic school bashing in 5...4...3...2.. more » -
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Report Details Abuse Of Thousands Of Children At Irish Catholic Schools
A controversial report released yesterday reveals that tens of thousands of Irish children were sexually, physically, and emotionally abused over six decades in workhouse-styles schools run by the Roman Catholic church. More »
