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Sinead O'Connor seeks justice for church child sex abuse victims

DEBBIE MCGOLDRICK,

Irish Voice Senior Editor

Published Thursday, May 20, 2010, 5:02 PM

Updated Thursday, May 20, 2010, 5:05 PM

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Irish songbird Sinead O’Connor is persisting in her war against the powers that be at the Vatican, starting with her old friend, the Pope.

O’Connor appeared on PBS News Hour, hosted by Jim Lehrer, last week to once again demand that Pope Benedict and his fellow leaders resign over the clerical abuse scandals that have rocked the church throughout the world, particularly in Ireland.

“I want the entire of the regime to go. The entire of the top echelons of the Vatican should be fired, every single one of them,” O’Connor said.

“There should be a criminal investigation of the Vatican, criminal investigation of the pope. He should stand down. The rest should be fired and face prosecution.”

Sinead also recently appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show via satellite to affirm her faith in the Catholic Church – except for the people who are running it.

“I feel the Holy Spirit is being held hostage by the people who are presently running the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is full of beautiful people, men and women, you know, who have given up their whole lives, who serve human beings,” she said.

“But those people also are being betrayed by the people who are running the church."

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TrueCelt11 | May 30, 2010, 12:42 PM EDT

From your comments mikemeboy & glorybe I take it that you are Protestants. If so you are not in the best position to advise Catholics on how their church should be ordered. The interpretation of the Bible & the role of the Holy Spirit in directing some of the Protestant churches has not been edifying - remember that Luther hated women & Jews & ordered the genocide of hundreds of thousands of German peasants because their more radical interpretation of the Bible did not agree with his. I too am disgusted by what some Catholic clergy have done to children but that does not justify the hate campaign directed against ALL catholic clergy, most of the campaign directed by the media, for reasons other than concern for the actual children involved - & that I also find disgusting. Police, teachers & nurses have also abused children - does that mean that ALL police, teachers & nurses do this evil thing ? No, of course not. Because some police, teachers & nurses have abused children does that mean that we should withdraw from the law, from education & from healthcare ? No, of course not. I feel sorry for all the innocent clergy out there - priests & religious, who have devoted their lives to their parishes & their congregations & who have not harmed a child but who because of this hate campaign are being subjected to abuse themselves.

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mikemeboy | May 21, 2010, 04:22 AM EDT

I think that Sinead is "spot on" about Roman Catholics seizing control of THEIR church, firing the lot at the top of leadership of the RCC. Starting over with Jesus and the direction of the Holy Spirit as their guides. Only thing is the current leaders are so entrenched it will NEVER happen. The bible says that we should come out from among them, for what have the righteous to do with the unrigheous? true believers in Jesus Christ should seperate themselves, but most are trapped by the structure of the RCC, and the pomp and circumstance of the modern church. Kindest regards

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McClusky | May 20, 2010, 05:47 PM EDT

I hope Mollie Wilson O'Reilly, editor of http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/ doesn't start mocking Sinead again.

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glorybe1929 | May 20, 2010, 04:05 PM EDT

I agree with what Sinead O'Connor has said in part. except for the staying with the RCC. It is tainted beyond belief and can never be rehabilatated . The Faith is what we have, not an institution that has committed THESE HIDEOUS CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. THE RCC NEEDS TO BE TRIED IN A WORLD COURT, AS BILLIONS OF PEOPLE. OVER THE AGES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THEM. THE RCC NEEDS TO DIE! NOT OUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. IT WILL NEVER DIE. THERE IS NO WAY YOU, OR ANYONE ELSE, CAN HOLD THE HOLY SPIRIT HOSTAGE..THE CHURCH DIDN'T HAVE THE SPIRIT OR THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.

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