tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post6307327049491467277..comments2023-09-14T01:03:30.922+01:00Comments on The Thirsty Gargoyle: Sometimes the Truth HurtsThe Thirsty Gargoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-16472796762051460422011-09-17T19:00:06.847+01:002011-09-17T19:00:06.847+01:00Certainly, three pieces by the former priest and p...Certainly, three pieces by the former priest and professor of media studies in Limerick, Michael Breen, are easily accessible. I've not got a lot else on that precise topic bookmarked.<br /><br />2000: <a href="http://www.cctv.mic.ul.ie/papers/MediaScandalsFinalwithrevisions.pdf" rel="nofollow">The good, the bad and the ugly: Media coverage of scandals in the Catholic Church in Ireland.</a><The Thirsty Gargoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-55012029478425811942011-09-17T18:40:23.364+01:002011-09-17T18:40:23.364+01:00Are the academic studies into media presentation o...Are the academic studies into media presentation of the abuse crisis anywhere online? <br /><br />I have noticed in the past that the likes of VIncent Browne and Pat Kenny when dealing with clerical sex abuse assume that people like them would never cover up abuse. Because they are normal people with "healthy" attitudes to sex. Priests on the other hand are inhuman freaks with "Humphreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-29979760688255483462011-09-17T15:19:35.834+01:002011-09-17T15:19:35.834+01:00No one wants to listen, as we might have to stop a...No one wants to listen, as we might have to stop and look at our own families, and find something that we do not like. <br /><br />I did a post on this last week. <br />http://thefraternityofstgenesius.blogspot.com/2011/09/nation-in-denial-what-about-97.html<br /><br />I commend Fr Banville for daring to address the dirty truth about the sexual abuse of Irish children.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15644555994442358033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-9596839854817152152011-09-17T15:11:07.704+01:002011-09-17T15:11:07.704+01:00Thank you Thirsty for your sanity and for speaking...Thank you Thirsty for your sanity and for speaking the truth to us and for us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-7878955014859956812011-09-17T14:31:31.063+01:002011-09-17T14:31:31.063+01:00Thank you. I just wish people would listen. The pr...Thank you. I just wish people would listen. The problem's bloody massive, and the constant concentration on the Church is making things worse.<br /><br />I commented on <a href="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/women-failed-to-protect-children-too-says-priest-2879721.html" rel="nofollow">this Independent article</a> earlier.<br /><br />I was trying to stress how amazing it was to see The Thirsty Gargoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-17089095399241842282011-09-17T11:36:30.846+01:002011-09-17T11:36:30.846+01:00Another brilliant post. You deserve an award.Another brilliant post. You deserve an award.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221322305605238111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-85965306290199750062011-09-17T10:42:05.773+01:002011-09-17T10:42:05.773+01:00It's a serious topic. Curiously, the head of t...It's a serious topic. Curiously, the head of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is now <a href="http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-mothers-and-wives-carry-blame-too-catholic-priest-228875-Sep2011/?utm_source=shortlink" rel="nofollow">claiming</a> that the SAVI data's out of date and that were it conducted nowadays it'd reveal a far higher incidence of clerical abuse.<br /><br />This is becauseThe Thirsty Gargoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-73058310528805222622011-09-17T07:43:03.119+01:002011-09-17T07:43:03.119+01:00Whoah! This is a hot one!Whoah! This is a hot one!Rob Fullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466305209364024862noreply@blogger.com