About Quote by Sean Brady

Today, Church policy in Ireland is to report allegations of abuse to the civil authorities. It recognises the Gardai and H.S.E. as those with…

— Sean Brady

Regarding the accusations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, deplorable and disgusting as those abuses are, they are not so harmful to…

— Richard Dawkins

“How often do we hear from the local diocesan people—the bishop, the communications director, the victim assistance coordinator, and others—that this abuse is not…

— Charles L. Bailey Jr

We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said...…

— Roger Mahony

Child abuse is a heinous and personally damaging crime; it is therefore incumbent on the Church to treat such matters with the utmost seriousness.

— John Sentamu

... the growing child must not be treated by those rigid rules of criminal procedure which confessedly fail to prevent offenses on the part…

— Julia Lathrop

“I am persuaded that the phrase 'child abuse' is no exaggeration when used to describe what teachers and priests are doing to children whom…

— Richard Dawkins

I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and…

— Edmund Barton

“Some people do not want to examine religious influences of child maltreatment. However, if we fail to look at all influences and risk factors,…

— Janet Heimlich

“What an extraordinary fuss there has been,’ said the Dame de Doubtance raspingly, ‘about that irresponsible Irishwoman and her improper child.”

— Dorothy Dunnett

The single most prevalent form of child abuse in this country is the act of sending a child to a government school. We worry…

— Neal Boortz

“In the summer of 2007, I was sitting in a studio in Dublin, debating with a lay spokesman of the Roman Catholic Church who…

— Christopher Hitchens