100+ Dublin Priests Face Sex Abuse Claims (Contribution)

MORE THAN 100 CATHOLIC PRIESTS in the Dublin area are suspected of having abused children in the last 66 years, according to a new report.

The claim that 102 priests - 3.5% of the total number - are under suspicion came in a report from the office of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin which has also been reported by Sky News and the BBC.

The Archdiocese of Dublin’s report said at least 350 children may have been abused in the region since 1940.

A series of sex-abuse scandals have dented the Irish Catholic Church’s reputation since 1994. So far, 32 priests in the archdiocese have been sued for damages by 105 victims, however this is possibly just the tip of the abuse iceberg.

The cost of the litigation so far - 5.9m euro - is expected to rise, as many cases have yet to be settled and more suspected victims of abuse have still to be traced.

Of course Dublin is not the only place where this filth was going on; oh no - it was endemic across the country.

For example, late last year an investigation in a smaller diocese, in County Wexford, uncovered more than 100 allegations of abuse against 21 priests.

The thing that really pisses me off however is that the Irish government is soon to begin an inquiry into abuse in the Church.

What the hell are they waiting for? This has been an issue in the public eye since the mid nineties, and they are only launching an inquiry now?

Church and State seperation isn’t enough; they need a total divorce!!!

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