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U.S.-Names of Irish child abusers revealed.

category international | crime and justice | other press author Tuesday December 29, 2009 16:08author by Lester Havock

Names of Irish priests who have abused children in the U.S. have been revealed.

"They came with a list of names: All are priests. All have ties to Ireland. All are accused of sexually abusing children in the United States."

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles...buse/

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a familiar name
author by L.N.publication date Tue Dec 29, 2009 17:55author address author phone

"At yesterday’s press conference, Helen L. McGonigle, a lawyer from Connecticut, held a picture of herself at age 6, her sharply cut bangs above a child’s innocent eyes and smile. McGonigle said she was 6 when she was abused by a priest named Brendan Smyth, who left a trail of abuse in Britain and Ireland before he came to work in East Greenwich, R.I."

good that these crooks were named
author by trevorpublication date Sun Jan 17, 2010 15:36author address author phone

And yet our own government in Ireland connived with the church hierarchy to stop Irish clerical abusers being named in the Ryan report.. Instead of full criminal investigations and prosecutions , the state gave these well-connected clerics the same anonymnity normally afforded to victims of abuse . This has allowed the Christian Brothers cult the opportunty to rebrand itself as the Edmund Rice International and to extend its activities into the third world as an advocate of children's rights.

There is going to be a protest at the GPO next Sunday with an information stall manned by clerical abuse survivors and their supporters from 12-4 p.m. All welcome

child abuse
author by kevin flanaganpublication date Mon Jan 18, 2010 19:51author address author phone

i am pleased that the us goverment named child abusers brain cowen follow suit aslo corrrection the protest and stand will be at the gpo saturday not sunday as above all are welcome

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