Person: Maurice Dooley

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Diversionary tactics of McGuinness’s critics

IT SEEMS from the letters of Eamon Reilly and Brendan Cafferty (March 19) there’s a new policy that “if you can’t stop the message getting out, try to undermine it by attacking the messenger”.

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Church gags cleric who says priests don’t have to report abuse to gardaí

Dooley silenced - A welcome clarification

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I was sworn to secrecy over priest's abuse, says woman

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Monsignor 'would not necessarily report abuse', and defends Brady

Church in a state of deep denial

They think they’re superior to ordinary people

I listened, open-mouthed, to the defence of Cardinal Brady’s position by Msgr Maurice Dooley (RTÉ, March 15).

Wed, 17 Mar, 2010

Fr Smyth’s toxic legacy - Church has destroy edits credibility

NO matter what else he achieves Cardinal Seán Brady’s legacy will be defined by the image of him asking two prepubescent children to sign oaths of secrecy to protect the most notorious and persistent paedophile sheltered by the Irish Catholic Church in modern times.

Tue, 16 Mar, 2010

Labour calls for Garda probe into Brady's handling of Smyth affair

The Labour Party today called for a Garda investigation into the role played by Cardinal Seán Brady in dealing with paedophile priest Brendan Smyth.

Mon, 15 Mar, 2010

Church stuck in Dark Ages

IT would be difficult to exaggerate the sense of dismay following claims that the Church has no obligation to bring cases of clerical child abuse to the notice of the garda authorities.

Wed, 23 Oct, 2002