‘Priests are the sinners, not us’

THE hierarchy who were quick to condemn ordinary mortals as sinners have finally been forced to admit grievous wrong doing by many of their clergy, Irish Survivors of Child Abuse (SOCA) said yesterday.

“In a curious juxtaposition, they beg forgiveness for their sins from those who heretofore were branded sinners – the world is standing on its head for sure,” said SOCA spokesperson, Patrick Walsh.

And, he said, out of all the fall-out from the Murphy Report, Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, had emerged as a decent man.