In more innocent times in 1991, Bishop Brendan
Comiskey of the Diocese of Ferns in Ireland, said this about the Irish Government: "It is
economically and morally bankrupt." What did they do, rape children? No, Bishop
Comiskey was complaining about proposed legislation to make contraceptives
available to anyone over the age of 16 years.
In 2002, Bertie Ahern was asked about
child rape with regard to clergy in the same diocese of Ferns. His reply was
this: "I have not been following it at all. It's really a matter for the
church; it's not a matter for the politicians. I'm not going to cross politics
and religion."
Brian Cowen said this in 2010 about the
rape of children and the cover-up by the church: "The leadership I am
giving is that clearly it is important that the State maintains its base and
the church maintains its base -- it's not a question for the State to get
involved in church matters nor the church to get involved in state
matters."
The last Pope, Benedict, said this about the rape
of children in 2010: "Paedophilia wasn't considered an absolute evil as
recently as the 1970s. In the 1970s paedophilia was theorised as something
fully in conformity with man and even with children. Child pornography was
increasingly considered 'normal' by society."
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said this about the
Catholic Church and the cover-up yet again of child rape by clerics on July 20,
2011: "This is the republic of Ireland 2011. A republic of laws, of rights
and responsibilities, of proper civic order, where the delinquency and
arrogance of a particular kind of 'morality' will no longer be tolerated or
ignored. Where the law -- their law -- as citizens of this country, will always
supersede canon laws that have neither legitimacy nor place in the affairs of
this country."
Enda Kenny, I thank you.
Barry Clifford
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