tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post5105390480439981289..comments2023-09-14T01:03:30.922+01:00Comments on The Thirsty Gargoyle: The Vatican's Response to the Irish Government: First ThoughtsThe Thirsty Gargoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-88087013393908768012011-09-08T13:15:35.890+01:002011-09-08T13:15:35.890+01:00As before TG, thank you again for taking the time ...As before TG, thank you again for taking the time to put all of this in perspective. It has to have been a lot of work for you and I just want you to know there are many of us out here who appreciate your efforts. Well done!GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-72124088451934553772011-09-08T11:18:43.320+01:002011-09-08T11:18:43.320+01:00Well done Thirsty Gargoyle! We do need measured a...Well done Thirsty Gargoyle! We do need measured and calm analysis of the Cloyne Report and the Vatican's response, with no triumphalism or point scoring; just seeking the truth... Keep it up. BazAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-29734194855198832802011-09-08T01:54:04.359+01:002011-09-08T01:54:04.359+01:00Excellent! Thank you!
'Hour Faith'
'...Excellent! Thank you!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fma.ie/watchman" rel="nofollow">'Hour Faith'</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.fma.ie/1" rel="nofollow">'Faith in the Media'</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.fma.ie/1" rel="nofollow">"When first we practice to deceive..." -- Unbalanced reporting produces some surprising effects!</a>Family and Media Associationhttp://www.fma.ie/christmas_2007_media_update_newsletter.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-10452782479111399222011-09-07T22:30:54.337+01:002011-09-07T22:30:54.337+01:00Dear Thirsty Gargoyle....I wish to say thank you a...Dear Thirsty Gargoyle....I wish to say thank you and express gratitude for your honest, truthful, well researched, and brilliant post. <br /><br />I totally agree with you re abuse and survivors, that most of the people who attack those who clarify or defend the injustice that Enda Kenny committed, most likely do zero to try to rid this country of this widespread problem that for so long was Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221322305605238111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-30348200262577131492011-09-07T22:20:48.026+01:002011-09-07T22:20:48.026+01:00Another readable, cohesive, well-researched articl...Another readable, cohesive, well-researched article by The Thirsty Gargoyle.Rob Fullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466305209364024862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-51324304327003847902011-09-07T22:20:12.778+01:002011-09-07T22:20:12.778+01:00Just come across this site from a link on another ...Just come across this site from a link on another site. Just want to say thank you for the painstaking work that you have done on this issue. We should all be very grateful that there are people such as yourself who are prepared to put the time and effort into finding the truth and making it public.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-77579558598130775842011-09-07T21:13:12.759+01:002011-09-07T21:13:12.759+01:00Well, I know at least six abuse victims. I know th...Well, I know at least six abuse victims. I know them very well. And I know the parents of five of them. And I don't think any of them think that telling the truth like this is an insult to them, to their children, or to the Irish people.<br /><br />To be frank, given the statistics, it'd be weird if I didn't know a lot more than that. One in four Irish adults are victims of sexual The Thirsty Gargoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-71414849498885401472011-09-07T20:00:34.874+01:002011-09-07T20:00:34.874+01:00How I wish I could introduce you to some victims. ...How I wish I could introduce you to some victims. To the parents of victims who will go to their graves before they forgive themselves. The days when your spin could pull the wool over the eyes of the faithful are gone. This blog is not just an insult to the abused but to the Irish people.thegremnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-36384902576326286852011-09-07T19:04:17.648+01:002011-09-07T19:04:17.648+01:00I take your point on the maths. To be frank, worki...I take your point on the maths. To be frank, working out the detail of the SAVI report is tricky. I think some people must have answered some questions but not others, as they don't add up. The first thing I'd say about it is that it makes sense to look at it as a totality. If we start breaking it down on a gender basis it starts to unravel. People have ignored it for the last decade, so The Thirsty Gargoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-50268137490443530652011-09-07T17:30:17.645+01:002011-09-07T17:30:17.645+01:00Your doggedness is not unappreciated.
But I have ...Your doggedness is not unappreciated.<br /><br />But I have trouble everytime you quote from SAVI. No doubt because my mathematical ability is of the dynamic, variable kind.<br /><br />This last time out you say that per SAVI one adult in 240 is abused by a priest.<br /><br />But when I look at table 4.11, it seems to show:<br />3.9% of abusers of boys were religious teachers<br />1.9% of abusersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com