Category Archives: crime

Irish Catholic Church allowed abuse – wants cash

Bishop Brennan even attempted the classic Catholic guilt trip.
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Juárez plan: what next?

A threshold was broken.
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Mérida Initiative: helping the War on Drugs?

Despite the billions, Mexico is a more dangerous place today than it was three years ago.
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A river of crocodile tears over the Gerry Adams affair

Today, Northern Irish politics most closely resembles a twelve thousand-step group therapy session.
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LA Gang Tours: zoofication or a new beginning?

"There are a lot of individuals that are selling drugs that should be CEO’s, because they really have good skills."
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Charlie Sheen, “lovable bad boy”

Upon “Two and Half Men"'s first airing since the arrest, the show garnered 11.1 million viewers.
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Listowel: rape apology that the rest of Ireland will not tolerate

Fifty men and women, including a priest, formed a line in the court room to sympathise with a convicted sex offender.
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Bad apples or a bad barrel? Sexual abuse and the Irish Catholic Church

The decision to hide a paedophile priest in the boot of a car and drive him to another town was a resolute act to shield a criminal.
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The Vatican washed its hands: the international aspect of the Murphy Report

Just another Irish sex-abuse scandal. One that demonstrates collusion and cover-up at the highest levels of the Catholic Church.
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Murphy Report: will ANYONE resign over child abuse in Dublin archdiocese?

Until the publication of the Murphy Report, the majority of Irish bishops denied abuse ever took place.
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