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I wonder did he have to sign an oath of silence ???

Monsignor Doolally

"Sean Brady had no moral or legal obligation to report allegations of child abuse to the police, and suggested that oaths of confidentiality may still be used by the Catholic Church."

There is a very foreign culture in our midst. It looks like he is in trouble for revealing the thinking of this ‘church’.

DK

The Archbishop may say that these are Monsignor Dooley's personal views, but at the end of the day actions do speak louder than words and the fact that this wasn't reported by anyone at the time shows that a lot of priests etc not just this guy felt they had no moral obligation to report crimes to the proper authorities. It is scary to think that so many people saw the church as spritual guardians when they clearly lack the capacity for right action.

Reformed religions should not take the high moral ground too quickly as there will be eventually more revelations about abuse and hypocritical behaviour in other religious organisations. It will take some very courageous victims to come forward and start the avalanche.

The Great Catholic Cover-Up
The pope's entire career has the stench of evil about it
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I think Rev. Dooley has dome some great work over the years. I have met him many times and he is kind and witty. I googled him, and he worked with TG4 on a wonderful programme called Ar Bhóithrín Na Smaointe (On Memory Road) . He taught in St Patrick’s College, Kiltegan, for two years, and St Patrick’s College, Thurles, for 28 years, holding the post of professor of Canon Law. For over 20 years he has also acted as a representative for the Holy See at Council of Europe committee meetings in Strasbourg dealing with health and bioethics. He became PP of Loughmore in 1992. Monsignor Dooley is also a noted historian. He is a highly-regarded parish priest, but a man with Can Law convictions.
Let it be clear, he has never been involved with any child abuse scandals in Ireland or anywhere else. He did, however, put forward his view about Canon Law.
All over Ireland, there are families destroyed by abuse (abuse victims and the families of abusers). Our hearts go out to them all. It is a very sad time for the Catholic Church.
Rev. Dooley has never hurt anyone. He spoke perhaps with his lawyer cap on and came accross as callous, but he is not. Dooley has done Ireland proud in his work around the world and should not be the focus of this debate. The abusers are the ones that deserve our anger and judgement. Not an elderly Monsignor of Canon Law.

I think Rev. Dooley has dome some great work over the years. I have met him many times and he is kind and witty. I googled him, and he worked with TG4 on a wonderful programme called Ar Bhóithrín Na Smaointe (On Memory Road) . He taught in St Patrick’s College, Kiltegan, for two years, and St Patrick’s College, Thurles, for 28 years, holding the post of professor of Canon Law. For over 20 years he has also acted as a representative for the Holy See at Council of Europe committee meetings in Strasbourg dealing with health and bioethics. He became PP of Loughmore in 1992. Monsignor Dooley is also a noted historian. He is a highly-regarded parish priest, but a man with Canon Law convictions.
Let it be clear, he has never been involved with any child abuse scandals in Ireland or anywhere else. He did, however, put forward his view about Canon Law.
All over Ireland, there are families destroyed by abuse (abuse victims and the families of abusers). Our hearts go out to them all. It is a very sad time for the Catholic Church.
Rev. Dooley has never hurt anyone. He spoke perhaps with his lawyer cap on and came accross as callous, but he is not. Dooley has done Ireland proud in his work around the world and should not be the focus of this debate. The abusers are the ones that deserve our anger and judgement. Not an elderly Monsignor of Canon Law.

If he is 'that' involved in Canon law I would be amazed if he did not have some of these matters cross his desk.

Let's have a global investigation to clear the name of the good people. Would you agree Interestedpartyx?

Regards
DK

Is a transcript or recording of Monsignor Dooley's interview available for those of us who did not hear the original broadcast?

Yes DK. I agree.

Surely the point that Mr Dooley and many people seem oblivious to is that "canon law" is utterly irrelevant, and does not provide a loophole against real law or real moral obligations, any more than the club rules in some kid's treehouse. Dooley's comments were arrogant and ignorant, and all too typical of sham-meisters.

It's time to take down the treehouse.

I confess a smidgeon of sympathy for Maurice Dooley. In his conceit he fell into the trap of believing that words have an objective meaning. Wittgenstein called this the bewitchment of the mind by means of language. In Realpolitik words mean what those in authority say they mean. Everyone knows that in the Catholic Church this applies to everything, even the Bible.
Sean Brady took seriously his obligation of secrecy in regard to those 1975 proceedings and it simply would not have occurred to him to ask his bishop (who we understand was also a personal friend), "What ever became of that boyo in Kilnacrott?" just as indeed, regardless of how tempted he may have been in recent months, he will not have said anything to any of his brother bishops, not even the Pope. Some might call that integrity. Those who condemn him do not appear to grasp the fundamental difference between personal sin and personal tragedy (in the original Greek sense of that term).

I have no axe to grind with religion or the church but I would urge caution to interestedpartyx. Claiming categorically that any member of the church has played no part in any of the abuse or cover-up is just ridiculous. Brady, for example, did not volunteer any of his past but was forced to comment as it was put before him. There may yet be more revelations and Dooley's comments have alarmed many who feel that the victim is not front and centre in these issues. Notice however that Clifford only told him to keep quiet on the matter; not to change his view or qualify what he meant. How can these people put Canon Law above the need for the rape of a child to be dealt with by the authorities? By covering these things up I wonder if it denied the proper counselling and care to be provided to the victims and their families? That to me is wicked. Perhaps someone here knows more and can enlighten me on how that can ever be justified?

Astonishing that Mr Dooley is still employed by the catholic church in Ireland.
In any other responsible organisation in the world, Mr Dooley would have been fired summarily, and his bosses would be able to make much of their action.
Sadly, it's business as usual for these people, and (I suppose just occasionally) they wonder why the general public feel such revulsion for them and their organisation.

Is that all Clifford has done??!!

Is he not even going to transfer Dooley to another parish?

Yes, I am being facetious. Clifford should have at the very least relieved Dooley of his duties and responsibilities within the Church. He has effectively just been told to hush up.

I think I've seen that before.