New Murphy report section shows evidence of Dublin priest pedophile ring

This is to "SINGLE DONALD" and others who do not know the meaning of pedophile. Pedophiles and ONLY INTERESTED IN CHILDREN - not women or adults. It has NOTHING to do with celebacy. I believe Priest SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARRY IF THEY WANT TO. I do not allow any of my contributions to my Church to go to my Archodioces. I will NOT pay for this mess any longer. The Catholic Church needs to STEP UP AND ACKNOWLEDGE THERE SIN AND ASK FOR FORGIVINESS.

I can't understand why the catholics in the US have not flooded the US Justice Department with request to investigat the USCCBs' organizations for the crimes they have commited. One has to wonder if the Justice Department is afraid to confront them. Can the Bishops in this country really more powerful than the Mafia was in the timwe of Frank Costeeo and CApone. I hopt the Irish Catholic can get their Civil authorities to investigate the bishops in Ireland. Show us the way. Dominic Tomasso Advocate for Bishops Accountability tomassotucson@cox.net

2 Commemts: 1) I did not post the first comment below, about regretting the ban on crucifixion. 2) I agree that it is high time to allow priests to marry, and to permit them to select dating partners from there own parish, if such women reside there. While it is true that some pedophiles have a side interest in sub teen boys, while otherwise liking women, the option to marry would attract a different type of man to the priesthood. This type of man would greatly reduce the # of pedophile possibilities, both straight and gay.

It makes me heart sick, the more I hear the more it hurts. When I am in I can't help but wonder about every priest's history. Did this priest abuse anyone? It is a great shame I have to feel this way. I still go to church every Sunday, but less and less people are.

In reply to rehobothbeach, if they allowed Priests to marry that would probably be a good idea but it would;nt cure pedophiles. Whether they are Laymen or Religious Pedophilia is a sick condition. They are not interested in Marraige.

The more this goes on the worse it gets. Over the Years, I've known great Brothers and Priests in Ireland and I still do as a matter of fact. My Heart goes out to the Good ones.

I feel shell-shocked from all of this! I used to feel sick in church when I was little, I finally had to stop going after I fainted twice.

In view of the recent remarks made by the Holy Father on Monday evening in Rome, can it be that reality is finally dawning on the Vatican? In a pre-christmas address to members of the Curia in which he referred to the Clerical Abuse issue, he had this to say; "We must ask ourselves what was wrong in our proclamation, in our whole way of living the Christian life, to allow such a thing to happen." Now it would seem to me that in that statement, the Pope is clearly stating that he is now viewing the causes and course of Clerical abuse across the Catholic world as being more than just the actions attributed to a "minority" of priest offenders. He went even further in his address. Quoting the vision of the 12th-century saint Hildegard of Bingen, the pope said that “the face of the church is stained with dust”, adding: “We must accept this humiliation as an exhortation to truth and a call to renewal . . . We must ask ourselves what we can do to repair as much as possible the injustice that has occurred." To those that post on this site and suggest that priest abusers within the church form only a small "depraved" rump using the Church for cover, the Holy Father to my mind is clearly saying "we have to think again about this!!"

Its not about being married!! they are pedophiles!they are priests because it allowed them access, they are also being supported by the catholic church, pensions etc. Thats why any catholics should boycot putting money in the basket, see if they will pay it themselves out of their "ample" wage packet!!

To all the Roman Catholics who read this comment: As a Roman Catholic myself, isn't time that the Roman Catholic Church allow our priests to get marry?

Punish them no matter where they are. Take their pensions put them on trial, convict them. They ruined numerous lives. Ruin theirs.

Throw these bastards in jail and throw the key away. That would be easy way out.

I wonder how many of the above mentioned priests are still being supported financially by their archdioceses, with your tithes and offerings ,,,,,,,,,, If it's anything like life in the USA, probably close to all of them, in addition to the bishops, archbishops, etc., who moved them form parish to parish and who are still living in "princely" accommodations. So much for the vows of poverty, which so few of the members of the Hierarchy took. Changes will never be made, until members of the Hierarchy and offending, abusive priests feel the financial crunch of "No Support," from the Faithful.

It wouldn't surprise me if there was-is paedophile ring. But a monsignor at the centre of this case referred to Fr. McCarthy's "problems". Not the problems the children he had raped or otherwise sexually molested. This mind-set must certainly be the crux of the matter - the attitude the offending cleric has "a problem ". However the latest statment from Pope Bendict can give us a further glimse into the minds of RCC clerics. He said that it had been RCC understanding that there was nothing evil in itself and there was nothing good in itself. What planet is he on? Of course the fact that the RCC has a term for lying that doesn't define lying as not telling the truth, but as " mental reservation ". Enough said!

Correction: "German", not "Germain", below!