Archbishop Diarmuid Martin hits back at church critics

Patrick Cooper’s at it again – misrepresenting facts. There is a Press Council in Ireland who’s stated First Principle is “Truth and Accuracy”. Patrick Cooper will never get or maintain a press job in Ireland if he continues with his history of misrepresentation of facts. I’ll just pick three: 1. The article above, 3rd para. 2. His article of 23rd August last, 4th para. 3. His article of 13th August last, 1st para. All contain untruths and inaccuracies – each one repeating the same inaccuracy. Now, Patrick – I don’t like to see Press ppl getting things so badly wrong, so let me take you aside for a wee bit of advice: “Get your facts right before you write”. Hopefully, for you and IrishCentral in the USA, there isn’t a similar Council for the Press that insists on Truth and Accuracy. Otherwise, if there is, there’ll be someone there who will roast you for your persistent lies. You have been clearly told by other posters, never mind jacers here, how wrong you have been. Get it right, and apologise.

I was an Alter Boy. Saw drunken priests serving mass. I now live by the teaching of Christ but no longer support the Catholic Church. Christ said "whosoever hurts these little ones then it is better for him to be cast into the sea with a millstone around his neck" (paraprhase). Today that equates to a transfer to another parish. There must be a special place in hell reserved for these priests and the bishops who turn a blind eye. They are all dependant on our generosity. Without our support they will either wither on the vine or straighten up. How many skinney bishops do you know. Caps deliberately omitted.

The Roman Catholic's Autocratic Bureaucracy still feels, now, as it did over the past centuries, ever since the first Synod, that priests telling lies to cover up "their brothers' sins" is OK -as long as you don't get caught! They are very ignorant for not knowing: No matter how deep they bury the TRUTH, its light will eventually surface and blind them with the FACTS. The Roman Catholic Hierarchy has done to Christianity what Luther, and all of the other Protestant movement could not do: Destroy the Roman Catholic Church! There is still HOPE. If the Pope allows ordinary priest to marry, like the Bizantium Christian Church, and women play a larger role, entering the priesthood for one, there is hope.

God Bless Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. He speaks truth as spiritual leader should, rather than the empty words and actions coming from a Vatican represented more by lawyers than men of God.

Martin tends to be popular with atheists, lapsed Catholics and Protestants. We Catholics dislike him.

Amen

A true hero!

My Mother-in -law's maiden name was Martin. Good for you ...Now's the times to get the heck out of there. God Bless you..you know "HE will neverleave you or forsake you!" The Kingdom of God is Within you! No one can take that away from you. If you don't leave you are aiding and abetting in the crimes committed. They have been Crimes Against Humanity since the inception of the RCchurch mid. 1st cent. Trust in The Lord with all your heart, all your mind and all your soul. HE loves you! You know all that but put it there. I love what Qixotic said.

Well, what's wrong with Martin, speaking the TRUTH?? Too late for most of us and especially me. Guess the Good Irish DO REALLY KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG AND ARE STAYING A WAY IN DROVES. Wish the rest of the RC world were as smart.

Crash goes the Multi-headed Hydra known as The Catholic Church in all it's 24 rites, or "heads"! Long May it burn!

'The British government and the Roman Catholic church colluded to cover up the suspected involvement of a priest in a 1972 bombing that killed nine people and injured 30, a new report said Tuesday.' AP The Priest was Rev. James Chesney as the prime suspect in the blast. The Church covered up murder in Ireland? When will the love of Christ finally control the hierarchy, our moral leaders?? How can we trust them? Trust only Jesus. He has compassion on children and animals.

Sad how religion, to so many, is primarily tribal rather than spiritual, transformative and courageous in facing unpleasant truths.

It is astonishing how the hierarchy can ignore reality. Their institutional arrogance is unbounded.

Speaking of 'out of touch...', Benedict XVI should have listened to Bishop Martin's speech.

Good for him! We, the people of Ireland MUST stand behind this man, even if it means a split from Rome. The truth is out, no point trying to cover it up now.